The world of New York City politics was shaken up this week after an influential councilwoman decided to up and quit.
According to the New York Post, GOP Councilwoman Inna Vernikov, 40, announced her sudden resignation from the the City Council’s Women’s Caucus to protest how "woke" it had become and its anti-Israel views.
The councilwoman held nothign back in a scathing 90-second video exposing just how radical and woke the women's caucaus had become, which ultimately lead to her decision to step down.
The caucause reportedly refused to condemn Hamas terrorists for its brutal and cowardly attack on Israel in 2023, and spent much of its time catering to far-left radical progressives.
Vernikov went all out in her video, holding nothing back as she ripped the women's caucus for its stance on Israel and other "woke" policy visions.
"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 in the video.
She released a statement in her post, which included a clip of her video.
"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.'"
She added, "This makes them as useless as every other women’s org I’ve condemned for staying silent. Meanwhile, this Caucus literally cannot even agree on what a WOMAN is."
🚨 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
Users across social media weighed in on her announcement, with many cheering her on.
"There is clearly the side of right and a side of wrong. You have chosen wisely," one X user wrote.
Another X user wrote, "Good for you. You must feel better now!"
Not surprisingly, Democrat members of the caucus accused her of "grandstanding," when really she's only speaking the truth.
