{"id":2228493,"date":"2024-04-23T19:06:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-23T23:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jamaal-bowman-says-aipac-only-calls-him-anti-semitic-because-it-cant-use-the-n-word\/"},"modified":"2024-04-23T19:08:42","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T23:08:42","slug":"jamaal-bowman-says-aipac-only-calls-him-anti-semitic-because-it-cant-use-the-n-word","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jamaal-bowman-says-aipac-only-calls-him-anti-semitic-because-it-cant-use-the-n-word\/","title":{"rendered":"Jamaal Bowman Claims AIPAC Labels Him Anti-Semitic Due to Inability to Use Racial Slurs"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjamaal-bowman-says-aipac-only-calls-him-anti-semitic-because-it-cant-use-the-n-word%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2228493&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Rep.\u2062 Jamaal Bowman criticized AIPAC at a town \u2063hall, claiming they label him anti-Semitic due to inability to use slurs. Bowman, alongside Ilhan Omar and Pramila Jayapal, accused AIPAC\u2063 of hate tactics. With a 17-point gap in his primary race, Bowman faces criticism for his views on Israel.\u2063 He focuses\u2063 on\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dhs-suggests-opposition-to-covid-19-restrictions-could-make-someone-a-domestic-terrorism-threat\/\" title=\"DHS Suggests Opposition To COVID-19 Restrictions Could Make Someone A Domestic Terrorism Threat\">public health safety<\/a> and\u200b combating\u2062 systemic racism. Rep. Jamaal Bowman accused AIPAC of labeling him anti-Semitic because they\u200d can&#8217;t use\u2064 slurs. Joined by Ilhan Omar and Pramila Jayapal, he criticized \u200dAIPAC&#8217;s tactics at a town\u2064 hall. Facing a 17-point deficit in his primary race, Bowman&#8217;s views\u2063 on \u200cIsrael draw scrutiny. He prioritizes public health safety and fighting systemic racism.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D., N.Y.) told constituents Monday that the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) only labels him anti-Semitic because the committee isn&#8217;t allowed to call him &#8220;the N-word.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Bowman on Monday attended a virtual <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/OurRevolution\/status\/1782566380698796148\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">town hall<\/a> alongside Reps. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) and Pramila Jayapal (D., Wash.) and with Our Revolution, a progressive organizing group launched by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.). Bowman criticized AIPAC for backing his primary challenger, Westchester County executive George Latimer, and asserted that the pro-Israel group is only labeling him anti-Semitic because it can&#8217;t &#8220;get away with&#8221; calling him a racial slur.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That is why AIPAC&#8217;s coming after us, coming after us with hate, coming after us with bullying, and intimidation, and fear. You should see what they&#8217;re doing in my district,&#8221; Bowman said. &#8220;Lie after lie after lie about my record. Lie after lie calling me anti-Semitic, calling me anti-Biden, saying I&#8217;m not a real Democrat, using all kinds of dog whistles.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Bowman concluded, &#8220;They don&#8217;t like my style, I&#8217;m a little too radical, I&#8217;m a member of the &#8216;Squad.&#8217; They want to call me the N-word, but they know they can&#8217;t get away with that, so they say everything else.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The congressman also said that the United States functions under &#8220;plantation capitalism&#8221; and a &#8220;caste system&#8221; that keeps minorities like him from serving in Congress.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dod-troops-wont-be-punished-for-kabul-airstrike\/\" title=\"DOD: Troops won\u2019t be punished for Kabul airstrike\">military industrial complex<\/a> and warmongerers [sic] aligning themselves with special interests [and] racist, MAGA, election-denying Republicans to get the first black man out of this seat,&#8221; Bowman said.<\/p>\n<p>Bowman&#8217;s claims come as the congressman finds himself 17 points behind Latimer, a pro-Israel Democrat, in his primary race. Local rabbis encouraged Latimer to run, <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/new-york-county-exec-launches-primary-campaign-against-anti-israel-democrat-jamaal-bowman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">citing<\/a> Bowman&#8217;s hostility toward the Jewish state. In the wake of Hamas&#8217;s Oct. 7 attack, the two-term congressman has blamed Israel&#8217;s &#8220;blockade of Gaza&#8221; for the attacks by Hamas and accused Israel of &#8220;mass murder,&#8221; &#8220;genocide,&#8221; and &#8220;ethnic cleansing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Rep. Bowman&#8217;s scurrilous and shameful attacks won&#8217;t hide his record of aligning with an extremist, anti-Israel fringe. We back candidates based solely on their support for the US-Israel relationship, and we have proudly endorsed dozens of pro-Israel progressives, including nearly half of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, Black Caucus and Hispanic Caucus,&#8221; AIPAC told the <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Bowman added during the town hall that he is taking a &#8220;public health approach to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/washington-d-c-mayor-extends-emergency-declaration-for-15-days\/\" title=\"Washington, D.C. mayor extends emergency declaration for 15 days\">public safety<\/a>&#8221; and lamented the system of &#8220;racism&#8221; and &#8220;sexism&#8221; in place today.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have to invest in dealing with the issue of substance abuse, of mental health, we need to implement workforce development, fully fund education, and you&#8217;ll have justice reform,&#8221; Bowman said. &#8220;Right now, we have a military industrial complex, a prison industrial complex, and plantation capitalism in addition to our racism, our sexism, and our caste system.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The sole male &#8220;Squad&#8221; member on Tuesday touted Our Revolution&#8217;s endorsement, saying he was &#8220;honored&#8221; to have their support.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m honored to be endorsed by @OurRevolution! Their work has been crucial in building a progressive movement dedicated to showing up for our communities. I&#8217;m proud to have their support,&#8221; Bowman <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JamaalBowmanNY\/status\/1782775922065580358\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a> in a statement on X, formerly Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>Bowman&#8217;s broadside against AIPAC came shortly after he <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/squad-members-cozy-up-to-anti-semitic-fundraiser-who-promoted-holocaust-denial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posed<\/a> for a photo with Maher Abdel-qader, a Democratic fundraiser who has spread anti-Semitic conspiracy theories, including Holocaust denial. Abdel-qader has also <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2019\/01\/28\/rashida-tlaib-anti-semitism-ties\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shared<\/a> a video that called Jews &#8220;Satanic&#8221; and is the moderator of an anti-Israel Facebook group whose members have cheered Hamas terrorists.<\/p>\n<p>After Omar&#8217;s daughter, Isra Hirsi, was suspended from Columbia University for her role in an unsanctioned anti-Israel tent encampment, Bowman <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/jamaal-bowman-defends-ilhan-omars-daughter-after-suspension-for-her-role-in-anti-israel-tent-city-at-columbia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rallied<\/a> to her defense, arguing that Hirsi was punished for her mother&#8217;s political beliefs rather than for her own rule-breaking. Hirsi&#8217;s suspension came one day after Omar questioned Columbia president Minouche Shafik&#8217;s response to anti-Semitism during a congressional hearing held by the Education and Workforce Committee.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The day after [Omar] questioned Columbia leadership&#8217;s commitment to free academic expression, the school suspended her daughter? It&#8217;s clear what is happening here. Our educational institutions should not be in the business of political reprisals,&#8221; Bowman <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JamaalBowmanNY\/status\/1781012538840306125\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a> in a post.<\/p>\n<p>Bowman, who did not return a request for comment, this month <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/jamaal-bowman-defends-union-fighting-subpoena-over-anti-israel-resolution\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">questioned<\/a> the committee&#8217;s intentions behind its investigations into anti-Semitism, accusing committee chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R., N.C.) of intimidating dissenting, anti-Israel voices, such as the United Automobile Workers Local 2325 union, which called for a ceasefire and accused Israel of genocide.\t<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Chair Foxx&#8217;s targeting of Local 2325&#8217;s resolution vote is a blatant attempt to silence a union whose members voted overwhelmingly and democratically to take a political position with which she disagrees,&#8221; Bowman wrote. &#8220;Such intimidation tactics go far beyond the legitimate uses of the Committee&#8217;s oversight power, and instead serve only to scare unions across the country from exercising their right to political expression for fear of unfair persecution.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Bowman and Latimer will face off at the ballot box in June.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D., N.Y.) informed constituents that AIPAC accuses him of anti-Semitism because it&#8217;s unable to use racial slurs against him. Speaking at a virtual town hall with Reps. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) and Pramila Jayapal (D., Wash.), alongside Our Revolution, a progressive group, Bowman highlighted this issue on Monday<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2020,"featured_media":2228494,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/national-action-network-holds-annual-convention-in-new-york-city-scaled-e1706818316676.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2228493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/national-action-network-holds-annual-convention-in-new-york-city-scaled-e1706818316676.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2228493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2020"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2228493"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2228493\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2228494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2228493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2228493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2228493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}