Cornel West, the far-left independent 2024 presidential candidate, similarly offered praise, writing on Twitter: “Let us never forget the extraordinary courage and commitment of brother Aaron Bushnell who died for truth and justice! I pray for his precious loved ones! Let us rededicate ourselves to genuine solidarity with Palestinians undergoing genocidal attacks in real time!”
Dr. Jill Stein, a presidential candidate for the US Green Party, wrote: “Rest in power Aaron Bushnell” and “May his sacrifice deepen our commitment to stop genocide now.”
Antisemitic rock artist Roger Waters posted a video of Bushnell killing himself as the Pink Floyd song “The Gunners Dream” played in the background. Waters wrote that Bushnell was an “All American Hero.”
A friend has described Bushnell as an anarchist. Unverified postings on Reddit also suggest staunch anti-Israel views, including saying that Israelis at the Nova music festival were legitimate targets for Hamas. In a posting responding to someone describing the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on civilians and tourists, Acebush1—an account identified as Bushnell’s that has since been wiped—wrote: “There are no Israeli ‘civilians’ or tourists who have no part in the oppression of Palestine.”
The user claimed that since he was not Palestinian, he was “in no position to endorse or condemn Hamas’ actions,” but added “there are no Israelis without the genocide of the Palestinian people” and that “Israel is a settler colonialist apartheid state.”
