Latimer beats Bowman in NY Democratic primary
Jamaal Bowman – you remember him, the puller of the fire alarm in a House office a while back – lost his primary yesterday to George Latimer. It was quite a contest, and the defeat was well-deserved.
The district is “diverse,” combining part of the Bronx (heavily black and Hispanic, I believe) and Westchester (more whites and Jews). Israel was a big big subject of the campaign rhetoric. Here’s the charming Bowman (who used to be a middle school principal in the Bronx):
Speaking before Sanders and after Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez over the weekend, Bowman opened with a salty stemwinder aimed at AIPAC.
“We are going to show f**king AIPAC the power of the motherf**king South Bronx,” Bowman said. “People ask me why I got a foul mouth,” he added, accusing his opponents of attacking his family. “What am I supposed to do?”
AIPAC stands for the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, and is a pro-Israel lobbying group. I guess Bowman’s remarks didn’t serve to ingratiate him with the Jews of Westchester.
This primary was billed as the most expensive ever.
Latimer gave a post-primary speech about inclusion, and Bowman continued his AIPAC-bashing (and didn’t concede the election):
…[I]n a clear pivot to a general election race that he is expected to win, Latimer struck a bipartisan tone. …
Speaking at his own party in Yonkers, Bowman blasted AIPAC and its affiliates, which he said helped “brainwash” voters.
“Unfortunately some so-called Democrats are aligning themselves with radical, racist Republicans,” Bowman said.
As opposed to radical, racist Israel- and Jew-haters like Bowman. Such a gracious guy.
The margin of defeat was 17 points. Here’s a description of how the different parts of the district voted:
[Bowman] would maintain an overwhelming advantage in the Bronx throughout the night, but Latimer quickly took the lead when Westchester County began reporting early voting results. At the time AP called the race, Latimer held a 26-point lead in Westchester with almost half of the county’s estimated vote tabulated. Westchester accounts for about 90% of the district’s population. Latimer was also ahead in the district’s moderately Democratic areas, which make up most of the district, while Bowman was far ahead in the district’s most heavily Democratic areas.
NOTE: And Lauren Boebert won in her primary. Just as Latimer is in a heavily Democratic district and expected to win in the general, Boebert is in a heavily Republican district and is expected to win in the general.
According to Wikipedia, NY 16th is
39.6% White
28.9% Hispanic
20.5% Black
6.7% Asian
3.2% Two or more races
1.2% other
So that tells me that a fair number of non Jewish people voted to give Fire Marshal Jamaal the stanky boot.
Nonapod:
Of course. And the vast majority of them live in Wesrchester. In the Bronx portion of the district he was way ahead.
Does the Bronx need a Fire Code Inspector?
Fox has a wonderful list of leftist meltdowns over Bowman’s loss:
https://www.foxnews.com/media/jamaal-bowman-loss-enrages-liberals-left-wing-commentators-willing-buy-democracy
Theres no cure for cortez stupidity alas
“We are going to show f**king AIPAC the power of the motherf**king South Bronx,” Bowman said.
Isn’t his district the North Bronx? I think I see some of his problem.
This link has links to the 30-second and 60-second AIPAC ads against Bowman. AIPAC ramps up attack on Jamaal Bowman with ads on antisemitism. Apparently “brainwashing” consists of making voters aware of Congresscritter Bowman’s record on Israel.
Not fair! I was correctly quoted! 🙂
The Bronx portion of the district also includes Riverdale, which has a very large Jewish population (about 40,000 out of 100,000 population). Riverdale was one of the areas that Bowman included in his complaint that Jews tend to “segregate” in certain neighborhoods. We should also note that most of the Riverdale jews are relatively observant as opposed to the secular jews who support J Street, Not In Our Name, etc.
Here in CO, Dem heads exploded over Boebert.
However, her old District will now be Dem. I think that leaves her and one other Rep here. Use to be much more balanced, but that was a long time ago.
Sanity check… in all the unexpected places.
Things must be pretty awful in NYC.
Gotham without bruce wayne with dr freeze
Here in CO, Dem heads exploded over Boebert.
That’s good for them – character building.
Neo wrote, in part, “Westchester (more whites and Jews)”.
Poorly chosen words.
I do believe most Jews in Westchester and other parts of the US are as white as Neo is. Their faith does not make them distinct from whites of other faiths.
Even orthodox Jews are white under all that uncut beard and hair.
Gentiles and jews reasonable people westchester used to be a red region latimer is still left
How long until we can forget Bowman or will he always turn up like a bad penny (or chuckie the doll)?
I’d like to say “Good riddance to bad rubbish.”
Somehow I figure he’ll find a roost somewhere else in public life to plague the rest of us.
The antisemitism of so many blacks is a bit of a puzzle to me. No non-black minority has helped blacks nearly to the degree of the Jews. It’s been suggested that black antisemites believe that blacks have purposely kept them ‘down on the plantation’, while pretending to support blacks. If so, then how can they not also believe this to apply to the democrat party itself? It’s cognitive dissonance, to arguably a pathological degree.
So many people believe what they want to believe and facts, logic and reason be damned.
Geoffrey Britain:
To the best of my recollection, the split started when black people decided they no longer needed whites in the civil rights movement, some time in the 60s. It also coincided with the rise of “leaders” like Al Sharpton, who stirred up Jew-hating and riots, back when Jews were still sometimes landlords and store owners in black neighborhoods. There was also the influence of Black Muslims like Farrakhan, who tended to be anti-Semitic from the Muslim influence.
Nowadays we also have black Jew-haters on the right, like Candace Owens. Not sure what her deal is.
“These Jews need to stop complaining while I call for their murder. Hate has no home here”.
– Bowman