Mondaire Jones loses critical support from Working Families Party after blowing off Bowman
The influential New York Working Families Party is pulling its funding and ground support for Democrat Mondaire Jones after he threw his fellow Democrat Jamaal Bowman under the political bus this week by endorsing his opponent in a tough Congressional primary.
The seat Jones is running for spans northern Westchester, Rockland County, Putnam County and parts of Dutchess County, and is seen as crucial for Democrats looking to take back control of Congress. “I want to be very clear: I am making this endorsement to stand up for my Jewish constituents because Rep. Bowman and I have very different views on Israel,” Jones said during his endorsement event on Tuesday.
“I think he forgot why all these people had voted for him,” said former Assemblymember Yuh-Line Niou, a progressive who outperformed Jones in the Democratic primary for the 10th district. “These are the folks who voted for somebody who didn’t bend.” "At the local level, we need to be doing congestion pricing. It is long overdue," he said during a NY1/WNYC
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