NYC councilwoman quits women's caucus due to woke policy views

A New York City councilwoman shocked the city's political scene last week after she announced her sudden resignation from a major committee over its woke policy views.

According to the New York Post, GOP Councilwoman Inna Vernikov, 40, revealed in a shocking video that she had resigned from the City Council’s Women’s Caucus. 

In a nearly 90-second video, Vernikov torched the woke caucus and made it clear why she decided to leave it.

One of her main points of contention was that the caucus refused to condemn Hamas terrorists after their deadly attack on Israel in 2023.

What did she say?

Vernikov went off on the 30-member caucus, making crystal clear why she ran for the exits.

"How can I condemn and call out all these women organizations who’ve stayed completely silent [after the massacre] but continue sitting in a body that’s supposed to stand up for women’s rights, that’s supposed to stand against the abuse and rape and captivity of women, but cannot do that when it comes to Jewish women?” she said.

The Post noted:

She also pointed to the caucus’ bylaws allowing council members to join who “identify as women” — leaving the door open to transgender biological men joining the group.

The bylaws also say the caucus “seeks to advance” both “women and women-identifying people’s rights.

"This is a Women’s Caucus that obviously cannot agree on what a woman is," she said in the video.

"I will not remain on a body that refuses to acknowledge objective truths and that will only stand up for women when it is politically expedient for them. I’m out!" she said.

🚨 On Friday I OFFICIALLY left @WomensCaucusNYC because I can’t reasonably stay part of a body that purports to stand up for women, but refuses to condemn the RAPE, MURDER, and CAPTIVITY of Jewish women by jihadi terrorists without adding “context”.

This makes them as useless… pic.twitter.com/Jf4CeFPOs0

— Councilwoman Inna Vernikov (@InnaVernikov) February 9, 2025

Social media reaction

Users across social media cheered her on for leaving the woke group.

"You left them because you could see the hypocrisy on this issue," one X user wrote.

Another X user wrote, "Good for you. You must feel better now!"

It's encouraging to see people, even on the left, wake up to how silly their side has become on so many issues.