I agree with the Chancellor's very educated and well-thought post. However, I do want to add two addenda lol:
1. Bush, Omar, Bowman, and AOC are all being primaried for allegedly myriad reasons ranging from police to economics... however, a lot of the money being funneled to their opponents is either by AIPAC's greater network or sympathetic donors. If they didn't take a stand on Israel, my guess is that they would not be danger. Pulling fire alarms for literally no reason not withstanding... hahaha
2. While I was being glib earlier, it's alarming to me and obviously problematic that all of the Reps being primaried are Black, Latino, or Middle Eastern and while their opponents are mostly other POC, the people funding for and voting for their opponents are disproportionately white.
The optics of this are less troubling to this forum because let's face it, most of us are white and even among those who aren't, very few in this forum are Black, Latino, or Middle Eastern. We are seeing things through the privileged myopia that is being white, and can't conceive of the optics and emotions that come with seeing a mostly white establishment try to tear down a woman of color. Just because I don't think it is intentionally racist or white supremacist does not mean that I don't think it is both of these in effect. And if I think this way, I can't imagine what the optics must be for people of color.
I'm not saying that Bush and Bowman will for sure win. But if their races become about Gaza, there is a high chance their races will become about race, and that really benefits them... especially Bowman. Their opponents are playing with fire, but I also get the catch-22. If they don't play with fire, they don't get to play at all because that's the only way to maintain a financial edge. But I dk y'all.... gun to my head I would say all but Bush win. And only cuz I forgot her scandal. Bowman's fortune depends entirely on who turns out to vote.
Don't forget though that the only reason Bush is in office in the first place is due to white progressives. In 2020 she lost the Black vote to Clay.
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