Fire Alarm Sounds for Jamaal Bowman As Early Voting Begins in Tough Primary Fight
“A survey by Emerson College Polling/PIX11/The Hill released Tuesday found [George] Latimer leading Bowman in the primary for New York’s 16th Congressional District with 48 percent support to 31 percent, with 21 percent of respondents undecided.”
Like several other Hamas Caucus members, Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) has had a primary target on his back thanks in no small part to his position on the Israel-Hamas war, where he has demanded a ceasefire, claimed — without evidence — that Israel is committing genocide, and was also exposed as a Hamas rape denier.
In the first primary battle involving the so-called “Squad” of anti-Israel Democratic Socialists in Congress, Rep. Summer Lee (D-PA) survived against her center-left challenger, winning handily in April while vowing during her victory speech to help other Squad members like Bowman and Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) cross the finish line.
Unlike in Lee’s case, Bowman’s polling numbers against his primary opponent, Westchester County Executive George Latimer, have on balance not been good. The most recent poll taken ahead of the early voting period, which started Saturday, showed Latimer with a comfortable lead, though many are undecided according to the poll:
A survey by Emerson College Polling/PIX11/The Hill released Tuesday found Latimer leading Bowman in the primary for New York’s 16th Congressional District with 48 percent support to 31 percent, with 21 percent of respondents undecided.
The poll found that 51 percent of respondents have a favorable view of Bowman, compared to 43 percent who have an unfavorable view of the House Democrat. In comparison, 65 percent said they have a favorable view of Latimer, while 23 percent had an unfavorable view of the county executive.
Not helping matters for the bombastic Bowman in advance of the June 25th primary was the confirmation earlier this month that he is a rather two-faced individual who will say whatever it takes to stay in the good graces of his fellow socialists:
The two-term incumbent also has never publicly stated that he supports the controversial Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, which pro-Israel activists claim is antisemitic by trying to economically harm the Jewish state to advance the interests of Palestinians.
Yet during the DSA endorsement interview, Bowman said he “personally” backs the BDS movement but just has not gone public with his support because of the “large Jewish population, large Zionist population, large pro-Israel population, large AIPAC population” in his 16th Congressional district.
The pol, whose district covers most of Westchester County and the north Bronx, indicated he wants to go public “at some point” to stimulate discussion to further “peace and justice and safety and humanity for all people.”
“BDS is a nonviolent protest opportunity to hold Israel accountable,” Bowman said during the interview, the Times reported.
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Bowman also said he now opposes Iron Dome defense funding for Israel, which he previously voted for.
Over the last two weeks, Latimer has won the endorsements of twice-failed Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and former New York Congressman Mondaire Jones:
“I’m making this endorsement to stand up for my Jewish constituents, because Representative Bowman and I have very different views on Israel,” said Jones, who is trying to regain a seat in Congress after he lost his old district in a redrawing of congressional boundary lines. “It is really clear that Mr. Bowman is focused on doing his thing and, I would submit, not enough on how it is impacting the environment here in the Hudson Valley.”
With Trump on the ballot, we need strong, principled Democrats in Congress more than ever.
In Congress, @LatimerforNY will protect abortion rights, stand up to the NRA, and fight for President Biden’s agenda—just like he’s always done.
Make a plan to vote by June 25th!
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) June 12, 2024
Meanwhile, Bowman, who predictably has trotted out the race card against Latimer and who has accused him of being bought and paid for by AIPAC, has Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) in his corner. They’ll be headlining a rally for Bowman next Saturday:
AIPAC, funded by right-wing billionaires, supports extremist Republican candidates.
They will spend $100m against progressives this year, including $25m against @JamaalBowmanNY.
Democrats must unite against this Super PAC.
I look forward to joining Jamaal & @AOC in New York. https://t.co/1XBjKneWkt
— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) June 12, 2024
From the looks of things, it may be that the fire alarm Bowman will be sounding this time around will be his own.
— Stacey Matthews has also written under the pseudonym “Sister Toldjah” and can be reached via Twitter. —
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The Dems would be doing themselves a huge favor if they manage to primary this retard. Latimer – a gun-grabbing abortion absolutist – would be a far more formidable force for the left than DEI-pick Bowman has been. I hope Bowman keeps his seat.
Any Dem is destructive to the country. Since they pick Bowman, we should support the weaker one. They all do what they are told anyway…
Bowman is the weaker one. He’s a clown, incapable of accomplishing anything in the House other than making his constituents look like fools. Replacing him with someone who’s as well-spoken with a ‘reasonable’ demeanor would be a huge benefit to Democrats. Republicans need more Bowmans in the Democrat party, not fewer. People like Bowman, AOC, Cory Bush are what’s pushing normies away from the Democrat party.
`”With Trump on the ballot, we need strong, principled Democrats in Congress more than ever.”
Principled????
“We have a world to take over . To do so, we must defeat freedom, the rule of law, and big money that’s not ours to turn out every voter, living, dead or fraudulent, so we can cheat to a “win” in the New York primary THIS MONTH.”
Fixed that for you, AOC.
Vile, bigoted, stupid, mendacious and lazy Bowman is a total POS, so emblematic of the appallingly low quality of Dhimmi-crat apparatchiks. In the private sector, he’d be unqualified to clean toilets.
When asked how to bridge the wealth gap between rich and poor Bowman answered:
“We need reparations, first and foremost. My opponent does not support reparations. I support reparations wholeheartedly”
Pandering, first and foremost pandering. No need for solutions, just redistribute the wealth and let the pots of gold fill themselves up again.
If Bowman were white and supported ‘reparations’ then he would be pandering. But he’s not white, he is black. So for him to support ‘reparations’ is tantamount to straight out theft.
He’s pandering because he knows it will never happen but it’s always good to stir up a bit of voter greed.
The left depends on a small group of NPCs to roll out their most stupid ideas. This clown, like Mongo, is just a pawn in the game of life. My guess is that his doctor told him that he was impotent and he heard it wrong and ran with it. The fact that he could be talked into pulling a fire alarm just shows how stupid he is. To suggest that it was his idea is giving him far too much credit at being capable of having an idea.
Even funnier are the ones the left aren’t depending upon at all.
It’s fascinating to watch Bernie Sanders discover his Aryan heritage.
With endorsements like Jones and Clinton, Latimer is no prize.
How loud is Bowman screaming “race!”?
Never mind. I read the Politico article. All Bowman has at this point is race-whining.
Bowman needs to play the race card against Hillary. Right damn now.
No one is above the law, OR a free-for-all Democrat backstabbing melee.
As much as I despise Hillary Clinton, she did the right thing in supporting Latimer. Sometimes I think she is a dying breed of Democrats who will support Israel. For that I will give her credit.
She doesn’t support Israel. You’ve got that part wrong. She supports a different Israel that is remade in a way that is to her liking and almost very would not survive 10 years.
We should ALL be behind Bowman. Okay, sure, he’s a joke and squad-member socialist, but his constituents deserve him!
It’s informative to learn that there IS something other than absolute truth that embarrasses Democrats.
When I see Clinton’s endorsement invoke Trump as motivation, I think about how much time over the last 7 1/2 years she’s been thinking of that man and I’m grateful to him for having ruined so much of her life and having saved us from her.