Steve Garvey joins chorus of LA DAs calling on Gascon to prosecute Jewish synagogue attackers
Ex-MLB star and Senate candidate Steve Garvey goes to Israel, meets with hostage family
Republican Senate candidate Steve Garvey travels to Israel to meet with a hostage family and visit the Nova festival grounds where the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attack occurred.
Steve Garvey, the Republican Senate candidate vying to fill the late Dianne Feinstein's seat, is calling for Soros-backed Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon to prosecute those responsible for the violence that occurred outside a prominent Jewish synagogue in Hollywood last week.
"It was unconscionable what happened," Garvey told Fox News Digital in a video call from his team's van during his weeklong trip to Israel. "Again, this is literally a hate crime. And I will challenge the LA District Attorney George Gascon to prosecute these people to the full extent of the law."
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Steve Garvey says hed call for a hearing if elected to the Senate for Ivy League presidents to testify about failures to protect its students amid anti-Israel unrest across the nation. (Getty)
"I think in many ways, leadership has failed on campuses and among DAs who failed to use these opportunities as a deterrent by prosecuting these people who literally broke the law and disrupted campuses," Garvey added.
Garvey, a former major league first baseman, spent a week in Israel as part of his campaign efforts to stand in solidarity with the Jewish community in California and set himself apart from his Democratic opponent, Rep. Adam Schiff.
"I said in the beginning of my campaign that I will go anywhere the people want me to go to get a deeper understanding of situations," Garvey said.
During his trip, Garvey visited the family of an Israeli hostage still held captive by Hamas, toured locations attacked by Hamas after the Oct. 7 massacre, and met with Israeli military officials.
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Pro-Israel and anti-Israel protesters argue opposing views near Adas Torah synagogue Sunday, June 23, 2024 in Los Angeles. (Zoe Cranfill/Los Angeles Times via AP)
On Thursday - Day 4 of my visit to Israel - I met several Israeli officials to learn about the political climate in Israel. Later we had lunch with Mr. Oded Revivi, a dynamic leader and statesman who served as Mayor of Efrat from 2008-2024. He advocates for Judea and Samaria's… pic.twitter.com/wt3rxyWAUu
— Steve Garvey (@SteveyGarvey6) June 28, 2024
Garvey also boasted about gaining a new voter who had previously voted for Schiff.
"While at an event in Tel Aviv, I met Samara, who lives in @AdamSchiff's district. She’s a Jewish attorney and longtime Democratic voter who has voted for Adam in past elections, and is now voting for me," Garvey posted on X.
Supporters of Israel face off with pro-Palestinian protesters blocking access to the Adas Torah Orthodox Jewish synagogue, in Los Angeles, June 23, 2024. (DAVID SWANSON/AFP via Getty Images)
Garvey's trip comes as violence erupted outside the Adas Torah synagogue on Pico Boulevard last week, prompting condemnations from a range of prominent Democrats, including President Biden, California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass. The event has been one of many events anti-Israel demonstrators have organized in recent months.
While Gascon's office condemned antisemitism by name and "all forms of hatred," he was silent on the question of prosecuting criminal acts in connection to the clashes.
Fox News Digital's Michael Ruiz contributed to this report.
Jamie Joseph is a writer who covers politics. She leads Fox News Digital coverage of the Senate.
