The campaign of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., condemned “appalling” antisemitic remarks of a woman arrested for allegedly making threats against a Brooklyn public high school attended by Jewish students, and denied a report that the suspect once worked for them.

Iman Abdul, 27, of Brooklyn, was arrested Friday on charges of making a terroristic threat, endangering the welfare of a child, aggravated harassment and making a threat of mass harm, a New York City Police Department (NYPD) spokesperson confirmed to Fox News Digital. 

The NYPD said it was reported to police on Thursday afternoon that Abdul “made a terroristic threat through social media” towards the Leon Goldstein High School for the Sciences, located in Manhattan Beach, within the confines of the 61st Precinct. 

In a direct message to Stop Antisemitism, Abdul reportedly defended the post before her account was deactivated. 

“I never called for an attack on the school in the sense of mass organization or not even individual people attacking individuals, that’s literally stupid,” she wrote, according to the Post. “I called for an attack on the school, the Zionist institution funded by our public dollars … we have every right to verbally attack the school.”

Fox News Digital reached out to the Brooklyn District Attorney’s office seeking more information on Sunday but did not immediately hear back. 

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., during a House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing with Sanctuary City Mayors on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, March 5, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

The Post was also first to identify Abdul’s connection to Ocasio-Cortez’s campaign. According to the outlet, Abdul worked on the “Squad” member’s Democratic primary campaign as a youth organizer in the summer of 2018. State Sen. Julia Salazar reportedly told the Post that Abdul also worked on Salazar’s campaign during that timeframe as a paid canvasser.

Ocasio-Cortez’s campaign office denied that Abdul was ever a campaign staffer.

“This person was never staff on the campaign and any representation of such is false,” the campaign said in a statement. “Their comments are appalling and we condemn threats of violence without hesitation.”

Reached by Fox News Digital, Abdul’s attorney, Geoffrey St. Andrew Stewart, declined to comment on the case.