{"id":2244070,"date":"2024-05-14T09:18:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-14T13:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/squad-member-bowman-and-latimer-get-bitter-during-debate-in-pricey-and-contentious-new-york-primary\/"},"modified":"2024-05-14T09:20:03","modified_gmt":"2024-05-14T13:20:03","slug":"squad-member-bowman-and-latimer-get-bitter-during-debate-in-pricey-and-contentious-new-york-primary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/squad-member-bowman-and-latimer-get-bitter-during-debate-in-pricey-and-contentious-new-york-primary\/","title":{"rendered":"Bowman and Latimer clash in heated New York primary debate"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fsquad-member-bowman-and-latimer-get-bitter-during-debate-in-pricey-and-contentious-new-york-primary%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=2244070&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. Jamaal Bowman, a member of \u200bthe &#8220;Squad,&#8221; engaged in \u2063a\u200d heated\u200d primary debate with challenger George Latimer. Bowman, known for his \u2064criticism of\u200d Israel, faces a \u2063tough re<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/liz-cheney-raised-nearly-1-million-from-texas-including-donations-from-george-bush-and-karl-rove\/\" title=\"Liz Cheney Raised Nearly  Million From Texas, Including Donations From George Bush And Karl Rove\">-election battle<\/a> in New York. The clash, \u200cinvolving prominent Squad members like Rashida Tlaib and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, highlighted their\u200b divergent views on Israel. The debate underscored the complexities of representing diverse constituencies.  <\/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. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jamaal-bowman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Jamaal Bowman\">Jamaal Bowman<\/a> (D-NY) and Democratic primary challenger George Latimer had a fierce primary debate on Monday as the \u201cSquad\u201d member attempts to hold onto his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pennsylvania-lieutenant-governor-to-run-for-senate-seat-being-vacated-by-gops-toomey\/\" title=\"Pennsylvania Lieutenant Governor to Run for Senate Seat Being Vacated by GOP\u2019s Toomey\">seat representing<\/a> the Empire State.<\/p>\n<p>Bowman, alongside other members of the \u201cSquad\u201d such as Reps. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), has been a chief critic of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Israel\">Israel<\/a> in the House of Representatives, which has garnered him a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/don-jr-issues-warning-to-gop-reps-unsupportive-of-president-trump\/\" title=\"Don Jr. issues warning to GOP reps. unsupportive of President Trump\">primary challenge<\/a> to represent New York\u2019s 16th Congressional District. During the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3ayXJIhhUV4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"debate\">debate<\/a>, Israel\u2019s war against Hamas in Gaza was a contentious topic.<\/p>\n<p>Among the points the two sparred on was the controversial phrase \u201cfrom the river to the sea.\u201d Bowman rejected the characterization that it is a call for the eradication of the Jewish state, while Latimer flatly called it \u201chate speech.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bowman criticized Latimer for taking money from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, a pro-Israel lobbying group that endorses Republicans and Democrats, and also accused his challenger of wanting to \u201cplay nice\u201d with hard-right Republicans, such as Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), in the House.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou want to go to Washington and play nice with\u00a0Marjorie Taylor Greene?\u201d Bowman said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, you vote with her, so why shouldn\u2019t you play nice with her?\u201d Latimer responded, seemingly in reference to his vote not to table a motion to vacate House Speaker Mike Johnson \u2014 which was spearheaded by Greene.<\/p>\n<p>The most bitter moment from the debate came when Latimer criticized Bowman over some of his conduct while serving in Congress \u2014 alluding to an incident when he got into a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/873826\/mtg-says-she-felt-threatened-by-squad-member-bowman-during-capitol-exchange\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"shouting match\">shouting match<\/a> with Greene on the Capitol steps.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou need to talk to them as normal people. You can\u2019t preach and scream at them on the steps of the Capitol,\u201d Latimer said. \u201cHe\u2019s ineffective for this very reason.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bowman responded by declaring that Latimer was using the \u201cangry black man\u201d trope.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s the Southern strategy in the north,\u201d Bowman said.<\/p>\n<p>Bowman is widely considered to be one of the most vulnerable pro-Palestinian House Democrats. The primary between Bowman and Latimer is set for June 25.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) faces off against primary challenger George Latimer in a fiery debate. As a key figure in the &#8220;Squad,&#8221; Bowman, including reps Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), has voiced strong criticism of Israel. The intense clash took place on Monday as Bowman fights to retain his seat in New York<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2638,"featured_media":2244071,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/MixCollage-14-May-2024-08-04-AM-2534.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2244070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/MixCollage-14-May-2024-08-04-AM-2534.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2244070","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\/2638"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2244070"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2244070\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2244071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2244070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2244070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2244070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}