Elections Jamaal Bowman out

[CatchnShoot]

So you're telling me, the Jewish people in this district that previously voted for Bowman are currently unhappy that he's hosting dinners with Hamas supporters? The same district that Chuck Schumer started his political career in?

Man, that's crazy.

I know, it's a real shocker, right?

 

[LMP]

After the fire alarm thing it's a good thing he lost. A lot of unfit people still out there to remove from office.

 

[A Very Serious Cat]

Even your circle jerk buddies knew better. You may want to reflect first on who exactly you think the "rubes" are when you make ridiculously stupid loser comments, not surrounded by massive walls of text, next time

You want him to throw away his whole gimmick?
Other than being an alcoholic that is

 

[GearSolidMetal]

He wanted something he could blame the jews for.

And now he has it.

 

[PhitePhan]

He wanted something he could blame the jews for.

And now he has it.

Bowman crying: “Stop stealing land and killing Palestinians.”

Israel: “I’ll give you something to cry about!”

 

[GearSolidMetal]

Bowman crying: “Stop stealing land and killing Palestinians.”

Israel: “I’ll give you something to cry about!”

Lol @ 'The stolen land' conspiracy theory.
It was conquest.
The jews took it by force and ran out the Palestinians... after the Palestinians took the land by force and ran out the jews.

They got it now, and can defend it.
And the Palestinians are crying 'Give it back! Give it back.'

I swear Palestinians play the victim of the jews immediately after they literally murdered 1200 jews.



And lets say Palestine somehow got that 2-state solution and much of their land back... what would they do with it?

They'd use it to launch more missle attacks on the jews. They're not exactly shy about their determination to kill as many jews as they can and will happily die trying.

 

[PhitePhan]

Lol @ 'The stolen land' conspiracy theory.
It was conquest.
The jews took it by force and ran out the Palestinians... after the Palestinians took the land by force and ran out the jews.

They got it now, and can defend it.
And the Palestinians are crying 'Give it back! Give it back.'

I swear Palestinians play the victim of the jews immediately after they literally murdered 1200 jews.



And lets say Palestine somehow got that 2-state solution and much of their land back... what would they do with it?

They'd use it to launch more missle attacks on the jews. They're not exactly shy about their determination to kill as many jews as they can and will happily die trying.

Israel steals (I mean, conquers), killsand subjugates man/women/child, manipulates Palestinian politics to divide the populace and levels cities when the terrorist group they supported into power does terrorist things…

Apologists: “Can you imagine what Palestinians would do if they were in control!”

 

[Koya]

Jamaal Bowman’s primary defeat leaves progressives angry at role of Aipac
Leftwing groups write to top House Democrat Hakeem Jeffries raising ‘dire concerns’ about pro-Israel lobby group

Progressive groups reacted with disappointment and anger over Jamaal Bowman’s decisive primary loss to a moderate Democrat in New York’s 16th district, calling for the party to cut ties with pro-Israel lobbying groups they blame for the result.

In a letter to the House Democratic leader, Hakeem Jeffries, more than a dozen progressive organizations said they had “dire concerns” over the party’s continued association with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (Aipac), “the future of the Democratic Party, the future of our multiracial democracy, and the future of our planet”.

Aipac and its affiliates plan to spend $100m across the election cycle, and Bowman’s defeat marks their most significant victory to date. Looking ahead, they have already set their sights set on the Missouri congresswoman Cori Bush, who will face Wesley Bell in her August primary. United Democracy Project, a Super Pac affiliated with Aipac, has already spent nearly $1.9m promoting Bell’s candidacy.

The signatories of the letter included the Center for Popular Democracy Action, Jewish Voice for Peace Action, New York Communities for Change and New York City Democratic Socialists of America.

In the letter, they said that in the run-up to the vote, UDP had flooded the Westchester county–northern Bronx district with nearly $20m in mailers and ads “funded largely by Republican billionaires, to drown out Jamaal Bowman’s message of humanity, dignity, and a thriving future for all”.

The result, they said, had been to unseat a a candidate that Jeffries had personally endorsed, who retains “a deep well of support among the Black and brown communities in the district”, and to replace him with “a conservative politician with a history of racist remarks and governance”.

Bowman, a Black former middle school principal who has been an outspoken critic of Israel’s conduct in Gaza, lost to challenger George Latimer by a wide margin of 58% to 42% of the vote. The race was called within an hour of polls closing.

Bowman had been supported on the campaign trail by heavyweight party progressives, including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the Vermont senator Bernie Sanders, who called the race “one of the most important in the modern history of America”.

Sanders said in a statement after Bowman’s loss that it was “an outrage and an insult to democracy that we maintain a corrupt campaign finance system which allows billionaire-funded Super Pacs to buy elections.”

“Aipac and other Super Pacs spent over $23 million to defeat Bowman. He spent $3 million. That is a spending gap which is virtually impossible to overcome,” he said, adding: “It is not a coincidence that with our corrupt campaign finance system we also have a rigged economy that allows the very rich to get much richer while many working people are falling further behind. Big Money buys politicians who will do their bidding, and the results are clear.”

Progressives, like Sanders, attempted to characterize the race as an example of big-money influence in politics after pro-Israel groups and a number of wealthy residents of the New York suburban parts of the district weighed in with their checkbooks.

Bush underscored that Latimer’s victory represented a clear threat to the progressive movement, saying in a statement: “These same extremists are coming to St Louis. They are bankrolling a faux-progressive, former Republican campaign operative to buy our deep blue Democratic seat. But let me be clear: St Louis will not be silenced or sold out.”

The progressive groups said that Aipac had “turned the NY16 race into the most expensive Democratic primary in history, waging an unacceptable assault on our democracy, our communities, and our shared future” and called on Jeffries to take action against “destructive actions in your own backyard”.

Jamaal Bowman’s primary defeat leaves progressives angry at role of Aipac​

Leftwing groups write to top House Democrat Hakeem Jeffries raising ‘dire concerns’ about pro-Israel lobby group

www.theguardian.com

 

[Islam Imamate]

It's a district with a lot of Jewish voters.....it's not some grand conspiracy. Unlike MAGA voters, many groups in America do NOT vote against self interest.

You can't ignore the importance of the Jewish vote in NYC districts but at the same time AIPAC broke funding records in this race and that shouldn't be ignored either.

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4731206-bowman-apologizes-oct-7-remarks/

Don't play dumb it's not a good look on you.

First off, why would you assuming that I was playing dumb there? Do you really think all these details are common knowledge?

Second, Bowman's claim is not antisemitic even if you consider it in bad taste or wrong anymore than skepticism of Palestinian claims of war crimes is inherently "Islamophobic". In the fog of war its reasonable to be skeptical of accounts from either side. There's been lots of lying from both sides like with the supposed list of guards that was really an Arabic calendar or the supposed hospital bombing that was claimed to have killed 500 but really just blew up a few cars in the parking lot. Of course sometimes that skepticism can lead one astray and its almost always selectively applied to the claims of the other side and not one's own.

Additionally, its also not baseless as the UN report on Oct 7th did not say either way whether the sexual violence that happened on Oct 7th was or was not "systematic" as Israel claimed. That's a key detail here, Israel did not merely claim that sexual violence occurred(almost certainly did) but that it was systematic and possibly even ordered by Hamas.

This is the kind of stretch that has become common in the coverage of this conflict where the claims of one of the belligerents are taken at face value by their supporters in the US and then the worst motives are assumed of anyone who exhibits any skepticism of the claim. Of course the Palestinians and their supporters do this too.

 

[Morning Star]

Bowman crying: “Stop stealing land and killing Palestinians.”

Israel: “I’ll give you something to cry about!”

Oh look it's our resident Charlottesville poster downplaying antisemitism as usual, shocking. Ever take a break from Jew hating Adolf?

 

[Morning Star]

You can't ignore the importance of the Jewish vote in NYC districts but at the same time AIPAC broke funding records in this race and that shouldn't be ignored either.

First off, why would you assuming that I was playing dumb there? Do you really think all these details are common knowledge?

Second, Bowman's claim is not antisemitic even if you consider it in bad taste or wrong anymore than skepticism of Palestinian claims of war crimes is inherently "Islamophobic". In the fog of war its reasonable to be skeptical of accounts from either side. There's been lots of lying from both sides like with the supposed list of guards that was really an Arabic calendar or the supposed hospital bombing that was claimed to have killed 500 but really just blew up a few cars in the parking lot. Of course sometimes that skepticism can lead one astray and its almost always selectively applied to the claims of the other side and not one's own.

Additionally, its also not baseless as the UN report on Oct 7th did not say either way whether the sexual violence that happened on Oct 7th was or was not "systematic" as Israel claimed. That's a key detail here, Israel did not merely claim that sexual violence occurred(almost certainly did) but that it was systematic and possibly even ordered by Hamas.

This is the kind of stretch that has become common in the coverage of this conflict where the claims of one of the belligerents are taken at face value by their supporters in the US and then the worst motives are assumed of anyone who exhibits any skepticism of the claim. Of course the Palestinians and their supporters do this too.

Brother you had people rooting on Hamas on this site during the 10/7 attack, people were literally denying the Holocaust in the 10/7 thread. You can keep ignoring it all you want or silently endorsing it. I'm going to call it out so fuck that POS racist scumbag. It's telling the only one's defending him in here are the most looney left people, the Charlottesville Crew and you.

 

[Islam Imamate]

Brother you had people rooting on Hamas on this site during the 10/7 attack, people were literally denying the Holocaust in the 10/7 thread. You can keep ignoring it all you want or silently endorsing it. I'm going to call it out so fuck that POS racist scumbag. It's telling the only one's defending him in here are the most looney left people, the Charlottesville Crew and you.

What does that have to do with what I said in that post? You didn't address anything I said there, you're just trying to tar me via guilt through association. That is what's telling here, that you can't even address my post in good faith and have to deflect and dodge.

 

[My Spot]

Brother you had people rooting on Hamas on this site during the 10/7 attack, people were literally denying the Holocaust in the 10/7 thread. You can keep ignoring it all you want or silently endorsing it. I'm going to call it out so fuck that POS racist scumbag. It's telling the only one's defending him in here are the most looney left people, the Charlottesville Crew and you.

 

[idrankyourbeer]

Even your circle jerk buddies knew better. You may want to reflect first on who exactly you think the "rubes" are when you make ridiculously stupid loser comments, not surrounded by massive walls of text, next time

what's the matter karen? did somebody pull your fire alarm?

 

[HereticBD]

But it was a super funny joke. That's why they liked it. Tee hee...

 

[Rational Poster]

But it was a super funny joke. That's why they liked it. Tee hee...

Can't even use that excuse anymore now that we have the laughing like react.