Tuesday, June 25, 2024

Rep. Jamaal Bowman and the Toxic Rot of the Squad

  The American Spectator | USA News and Politics

"The congressman can't seem to shake his hideous antisemitism, and the rancid ‘Democratic Socialists of America’ don't mind."


"Far-left U.S. Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Jamaal Bowman, both of New York, were ridiculed after behaving like angry hip-hop artists on a Democratic rally stage in the Bronx on Saturday.

"Their cringe-worthy antics at St. Mary’s Park in Mott Haven were "a last-minute attempt" to drum up support for Bowman and his "flailing re-election bid" ahead of Tuesday’s primary election, the New York Post reported, adding that Bowman is behind moderate Democratic challenger George Latimer by double digits.

"Bowman also dubbed himself 'the hip-hop congressman' in a searing rant before hollering, 'We are gonna show the f***ing AIPAC' — i.e., the American Israel Public Affairs Committee — 'the power of the motherf***ing south Bronx!'. . .

"While the crowd at the rally — numbering around 300, the Post said — loved Bowman's cursing and ranting, not everyone was a fan.

"U.S. Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.) posted on X that "the level of profanity here is so shocking as to be unbecoming of a Member of Congress. There is nothing in Jamaal Bowman’s unhinged tirade that remotely resembles the decency of the people I know and represent in the South Bronx."

"As it turns out, Torres wasn't alone; both Bowman and Ocasio-Cortez turned off many:

  • "Why is [AOC] screaming like a banshee? Is this a cult? Creepy," one observer asked." . . .

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