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Bowman Calls for Primary Voters to Reject AIPAC Money at Rally With Sanders, AOC
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I thinking Bowman might have missed the Overton window in his district:
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Link to donate to Bowman's campaign
Edit: After thinking about this some more I feel like this is a great example of what makes being a politician so hard and why sometimes taking the stand on right side of history can make things worse.
Bowman obviously wants to do the right thing and end the Gaza invasion, so he spoke out publicly against it. He doesn't seem to understand his constituency though, and as a result there's a good chance he's going to lose his seat at the table.
Unfortunately his speaking out publucly doesn't really seem to have moved the needle towards improving the situation in Gaza.
So by speaking out without understanding his constituents he might be losing his seat, we citizens of the United States are potentially losing one vote for progressive issues, we're potentially gaining a vote for aggressive pro-Isreali causes, and the invasion of Gaza rolls on without even noticing.
So was Bowman's sacrifice worth it? I guess we'll see in November.
“We’re gonna show fucking AIPAC the motherfucking power of the South Bronx.”
— Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), at a rally, apparently not knowing his congressional district doesn’t include the South Bronx.