Bowman chides Latimer over George Floyd, COVID-19 comments in NY primary fight
Westchester County Executive George Latimer is facing criticism after saying Rep. Jamaal Bowman won his 2020 congressional primary in part due to the killing of George Floyd and a pandemic-era surge in mail-in ballots.on 77WABC’s Cats & Cosby show, co-hosted by John Catsimatidis, a former Republican mayoral candidate and prolific GOP donor. Bowman’s 2020 primary victory made him the first Black person to represent the district in Washington.
Latimer went on to say that Black voters may have been galvanized by outrage over the death of George Floyd, a Black man who was “When more people vote, our democracy is stronger,” Bowman said in a statement. “George Latimer sounds less like a Democrat and more like the MAGA extremists trying to take away the rights of Black and brown voters.”
Bowman and other progressives voted against the House version of a potential TikTok ban, along with Trump acolytes like Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Rep. Matt Gaetz .
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