Jamal Bowman attends fundraiser hosted by someone who praised the October 7 attacks

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https://www.yahoo.com/news/squad-member-caught-fundraiser-hosted-080004175.html

Rep. Jamaal Bowman, who represents New York's 16th Congressional District, attended the May 1 fundraiser at a private residence in Fairfax, Virginia, and didn't seem to mind the presence of Nihad Awad, a highly controversial and antisemitic figure who serves as the national executive director and co-founder of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR).

Awad faced sharp scrutiny last year after expressing his pleasure with the Hamas attack that resulted in the deaths of nearly 1,200 Israelis, including women and babies, and claiming Israel "does not have a right to self-defense."

The people of Gaza only decided to break the siege – the walls of the concentration camp – on Oct. 7," Awad said during the 16th annual Convention for Palestine on Nov. 24 near Chicago. "And yes, I was happy to see people breaking the siege and throwing down the shackles of their own land and walk free into their land that they were not free to walk in."

He continued, "And yes, the people of Gaza have the right to self-defense, have the right to defend themselves. And yes, Israel as an occupying power does not have that right to self-defense."

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It’ll be funny to see this sicko lose the primary in a landslide later this year.

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

They think it's a joke now because Trump hasn't been convicted yet once we convict Trump it won't be funny at all

If BLM DOD THAT THEY WOULD TREAT DS LIKE CLINTON S

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Summer Lee has my attention now, Bowman just isn't that smart.

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

Well there he goes.

[Since I'm the mad scientist proclaimed by myself]

Was it actually hosted by the creep? The fox News article linked talks a lot in a way that implies he was just an attendee, and fox News loves to lie.

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Was it actually hosted by the creep? The fox News article linked talks a lot in a way that implies he was just an attendee, and fox News loves to lie.

He was featured on a poster promoting the fundraiser:

Source: The Post, where at least they still know how to write.

I misread the Fox News piece as well, and actually reported this thread by mistake because I thought he was embellishing the headline. That's not the case, the piece is just written badly.

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Much like Bush, he realizes he has no chance of winning back his normie Dem constituents and is pivoting to trying to energize the antisemitism lobby. It won't work. Bell and Latimer will be great Reps.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

This is too bad because when he was first elected he seemed way more sane than most DSA members elected and was pretty active in condemning anti-Semitism like that time Cynthia McKinney claimed that "Zionists" were behind 9/11. But he did end up blowing it and that's probably going to cost him his seat.

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This is too bad because when he was first elected he seemed way more sane than most DSA members elected and was pretty active in condemning anti-Semitism like that time Cynthia McKinney claimed that "Zionists" were behind 9/11. But he did end up blowing it and that's probably going to cost him his seat.

I actually gave him $20 in his first campaign because he seemed very impressive (and Elliot Engel really sucked). How far he’s fallen since then!

[SnowLabrador]

Can't wait to see the way some far-leftists spin this.

[Progressive Pessimist]

Doesn't his district contain a lot of Jews?

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Doesn't his district contain a lot of Jews?

It's pretty directly split between a large Jewish-heavy area and the African-American-heavy Co-Op City, I think.

[lfromnj]

Doesn't his district contain a lot of Jews?

It's pretty directly split between a large Jewish-heavy area and the African-American-heavy Co-Op City, I think.

4 key groups.

A. African Americans in Bronx + Yonkers- should be Bowmaans base
B- Generic UMC suburbanites
C- Same as above except Jewish.
D- White ethnics similar to Long Island in Yonkers and other areas- this one is relatively R leaning so probably not a huge factor in the primary.

[Stand With Israel. Crush Hamas]

Doesn't his district contain a lot of Jews?

It's pretty directly split between a large Jewish-heavy area and the African-American-heavy Co-Op City, I think.

4 key groups.

A. African Americans in Bronx + Yonkers- should be Bowmaans base
B- Generic UMC suburbanites
C- Same as above except Jewish.
D- White ethnics similar to Long Island in Yonkers and other areas.

This is anecdotal, of course, but I'm seeing a lot of older Black voters on Twitter who are ready to throw him under the bus. He doesn't play well at all with the Obama/Harris coalition.

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NY-16 has a fair share of latinos. Not sure who would them support more, likely Latimer.