Colorado Socialist Candidate Links 9/11 to U.S. Foreign Policy

WHO:

NY Post - Melat Kiros is a Colorado Democratic Socialist candidate backed by the Democratic Socialists of America.

Fox News - Melat Kiros is identified as a Colorado socialist candidate.

WHAT:

NY Post - Kiros called the 9/11 terror attacks ‘inevitable’ due to U.S. foreign policy.

Fox News - Kiros argued that the 9/11 and 10/7 terror attacks were inevitable consequences of U.S. and Israeli actions.

WHY:

NY Post - Kiros attributed the inevitability of the 9/11 attacks to U.S. foreign policy.

Fox News - Kiros linked the inevitability of the 9/11 and 10/7 attacks to actions taken by the U.S. and Israel.

(UPDATED June 30, 2026 13:38 UTC)

Melat Kiros, a Colorado Democratic Socialist candidate backed by the Democratic Socialists of America, has stirred controversy with her remarks regarding the 9/11 terror attacks. Kiros stated that these attacks, along with the 10/7 attacks, were inevitable consequences of U.S. and Israeli foreign policy actions. She specifically attributed the inevitability of the 9/11 attacks to the foreign policy decisions made by the United States.