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Gen Z House Fault Lines & TikTok Geopolitics

Assessing a complex, nightmarish, and occasionally tragic generational divide within Democratic House offices.

Ever since Hamas insurgents attacked Israel on Oct 7, the collective left has been watching with bewilderment as a stunning divide has emerged among its ranks.
Ever since Hamas insurgents attacked Israel on Oct 7, the collective left has been watching with bewilderment as a stunning divide has emerged among its ranks. Photo: Ali Khaligh/Getty Images
Abby Livingston
January 3, 2024

Last weekend, over the New Year’s holiday, several Democratic members of Congress were alarmed to discover that their personal phone numbers had been leaked. First one, then dozens, then hundreds of text messages from pro-Palestinian activists inundated their inboxes, listing five policy demands, chief among them a ceasefire, the conclusion of U.S. aid to Israel, and “an end to the genocide.”