NBC News projects that Westchester County executive George Latimer defeated Bowman after a bitter and expensive Democratic race in New York’s 16th District.
NBC News projects that Westchester County executive George Latimer defeated Bowman after a bitter and expensive Democratic race in New York’s 16th District.
In the end I have to respect the choice to not support the genocide. I get that it has repercussions but I don’t think I would choose a different path. Have to go with respect on this one.
I respect sticking to his principles, but sometimes in politics you have to do something you find distasteful for the greater good.
We have no idea what would have happened had Bowman kept his head down about Israel, but we do know that speaking out against the invasion of Gaza and calling for a ceasefire didn’t really move the needle on actually achieving a ceasefire. It did make him unpopular with his constituents and made him vulnerable to a primary challenger.
Now Bowman is probably going to lose his seat in congress and there’s one less progressive voice and vote in congress.
I don’t know what the full outcome of this will be, but sometimes doing the right thing causes more harm than good in the very morally gray area of politics.