Yang reaps liberal backlash, conservative support from Israel tweet Updated NEW YORK — Andrew Yang’s pro-Israel tweet Monday night won him the support of Donald Trump Jr. and Sen. Ted Cruz, and the scorn of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez — typically not a great turn for a would-be Democratic candidate for mayor. But Yang’s pro-Israel stance is well within the mainstream of New York Democratic politics in a city that is home to more Jews than almost any other in the world. Mayor Bill de Blasio and Gov. Andrew Cuomo are both ardent supporters of Israel. And Yang — who was already being targeted by left-leaning groups for his more moderate political stances — was not the only Democratic mayoral candidate to speak in support of Israel amid attacks in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of East Jerusalem and air strikes in Gaza in recent days.