WATCH: Democrat Rep. Dan Goldman Gets Slammed After Mocking Journalist

Julio Rosas, a senior writer for Townhall news who provided front-line coverage of the Black Lives Matter riots, slammed Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY) in Congress on Tuesday after the latter mocked his journalism credentials.

Goldman, who worked for Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) as majority counsel on the House Intelligence Committee during its impeachment investigation of President Donald Trump in 2019, is also the heir to the Levi Strauss fortune. He spent millions of dollars last year to win a Democratic Party congressional primary in New York’s 10th congressional district.

Since arriving in Congress, he has been a partisan backbencher who defended the censorship of journalists — and also drew scrutiny for his stock trades, which have been curiously well-timed.

Rosas was testifying alongside other witnesses in a U.S. House Homeland Security Committee hearing on left-wing violence. Goldman attacked Rosas over the issue of Antifa, saying it was an idea, not an organization:

Look at the disrespect Rep. Daniel Goldman (D-NY) shows to @Julio_Rosas11 as a witness, somebody who was on the ground at violent protests from Charlottesville to Kenosha, and wouldn’t even let him respond.

What an absolute punk. pic.twitter.com/Q40GBlldMy

— Greg Price (@greg_price11) May 16, 2023

Later, Rosas responded by noting that Goldman’s inherited wealth might be a reason that he did not see “property damage” — one of the main forms of violence carried out by Antifa — as a problem. He went on:

Omfg @Julio_Rosas11 just flamed Rep. @danielsgoldman after he questioned his credentials as a witness on left-wing violence:

"It's funny to be lectured by an heir to the Levi Strauss Corporation and that's probably why he doesn't consider property damage as a big of a deal… pic.twitter.com/2AlQ1KFLCu

— Greg Price (@greg_price11) May 16, 2023

Rosas provided crucial coverage of the Kenosha, Wisconsin, riots in August 2020, and was on hand to record Antifa activists vandalizing a local synagogue — one of several acts of antisemitism during that summer’s riots.

Supporters of Rosas spoke out on social media:

The patronizing snideness of @danielsgoldman is so much worse given @Julio_Rosas11 is the best kind of a working-class journalist: unlike Goldman, he built everything he has with hard and courageous work.

Note Goldman's main Dem-like complaint: Rosas dares to disagree with FBI.

— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) May 16, 2023

Yo @danielsgoldman.

Don’t ever disrespect the greatest riot reporter in the world again. @Julio_Rosas11 pic.twitter.com/DEhKiUJ5Yv

— Greg Price (@greg_price11) May 16, 2023

Rosas himself responded to Goldman on Twitter as well:

As you can see in the beginning, @RepDanGoldman was too much of a coward to be in the hearing room for my response to his baseless attack.

And yes, I know more about Antifa than the discredited FBI director. https://t.co/leDnFKOvU4

— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) May 16, 2023

In addition to being a reporter for Townhall, Rosas has served in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve.

Joel B. Pollak is Senior Editor-at-Large at Breitbart News and the host of Breitbart News Sunday on Sirius XM Patriot on Sunday evenings from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. ET (4 p.m. to 7 p.m. PT). He is the author of the new biography, Rhoda: ‘Comrade Kadalie, You Are Out of Order’. He is also the author of the recent e-book, Neither Free nor Fair: The 2020 U.S. Presidential Election. He is a winner of the 2018 Robert Novak Journalism Alumni Fellowship. Follow him on Twitter at @joelpollak.