Congressman Jamaal Bowman leaves home in Yonkers after election defeat
The New York Times quietly altered a headline for an article about New York Rep. Jamaal Bowman ’s Democratic primary loss that initially framed his stinging defeat as the result of “a flood of pro-Israel money.”The Gray Lady’s headline for the earlier version of the article, published Tuesday, read, “Bowman Falls in House Primary, Overtaken by Flood of Pro-Israel Money.”“Has the considered that the people of New York were unhappy with Bowman’s performance as a member of Congress? Of course not.
In the months leading up to his spectacular primary belly-flop, the soon-to-be-ex-rep. stepped up his attacks against Israel, calling itand claiming at a rally last year that the rapes and child murders reported during Hamas’ Oct. 7 terror attack were a “lie” — remarks he later walked back. Two days before the primary election, Bowman held a rally in the Bronx, hoping to generate some excitement for his flailing campaign from fellow progressives Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Bernie Sanders., with Bowman’s trademark manic, over-the-top behavior on full display as he unleashed a potty-mouthed torrent at his favorite target.
“Tonight middle school children who pull fire alarms & do it while denying rape as a weapon of war lost. And progress won,” the Democrat said, referring to how Bowman infamously pulled a fire alarm to delay a government shutdown vote last year.Bowman – who was first elected to represent the 16th District in 2020 — is the first member of the “Squad” to lose office following
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