REPORT: Fake Moderate Josh Riley Owns DC Distillery Selling “Fascist Tears Vodka”

REPORT: Fake Moderate Josh Riley Owns DC Distillery Selling "Fascist Tears Vodka"

A bombshell report exposes that Fake Moderate Josh Riley is part owner of a DC distillery that sells "Fascist Tears Vodka" and brags that they like their "ICE crushed."

Riley's ties to this incendiary distillery come just after Charlie Kirk's alleged assassin engraved "Hey fascist! Catch" on one of his bullet casings, and the same day ICE agents were attacked by a shooter who wrote "Anti ICE" on his bullets.

And this isn't the first far-left group Riley is associated with. Remember, he's also bankrolled by soft-on-crime, anti-ICE groups that have accused ICE of "terrorizing human beings."

"Fake Moderate Josh Riley is in bed with radical leftists who are spewing hate and inciting violence across our country. Americans are less safe because of this inflammatory rhetoric and people like Josh Riley who espouse it." - NRCC Spokeswoman Maureen O'Toole

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Dem Rep. Josh Riley quietly invested in DC distillery that sells'Fascist Tears Vodka' and likes 'ICE Crushed'
New York Post
Ryan King
September 24, 2025

WASHINGTON - Freshman Democratic Rep. Josh Riley has racked up shares in a "women-owned, queer-led" DC-based distillery that sells left-wing branded liquor such as Fascist Tears Vodka and Dissent Gin - and prides itself on preferring "ICE crushed."

While it's not clear when Riley invested in the distillery, the 44-year-old has ties to its co-founder, Pia Carusone, a veteran Democratic operative who helped craft ads for his two congressional campaigns.

Riley, whose sprawling district includes the cities of Binghamton, Catskill, Hudson, Ithaca, and Monticello, holds between $1,001 and $15,000 worth of shares in Carusone's Republic Restoratives LLC, according to his most recent financial disclosures.

The revelations about Riley's investment in the in-your-face, politically charged spirit slinger come amid a spate of violence targeting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and conservative political figures such as activist Charlie Kirk, who was assassinated Sept. 10 by a suspect who engraved the phrase "Hey fascist! Catch" on one of his unfired bullet casings.

On Wednesday, a sniper opened fire on an ICE facility in Dallas, killing one detainee and wounding two others before taking his own life. The suspect, identified as 29-year-old Joshua Jahn, had scrawled the words "Anti ICE" on his ammo, according to the FBI.

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The distillery's most eye-catching product, Fascist Tears Vodka, bears branding reminiscent of conservative broadcaster Ben Shapiro's "Leftist Tears" paraphernalia, with proceeds going to Vote.org.

Republic Restoratives also offers "Fascist Tears" T-shirts and mugs, and one advertisement for the spirit declares that "We Prefer Our ICE Crushed," in a clear nod to left-wing hatred for the border agency.

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"Last year on April Fools' Day, we posted a fake bottle called Fascist Tears," the Republic Restoratives Facebook page wrote. "You flooded the comments. So we made it real."

The Post reached out to Riley's team and Carusone for comment.