{"id":2257091,"date":"2024-05-31T19:28:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-31T23:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jamaal-bowman-targeted-by-national-group-for-being-too-progressive-to-represent-black-voters\/"},"modified":"2024-05-31T19:29:07","modified_gmt":"2024-05-31T23:29:07","slug":"jamaal-bowman-targeted-by-national-group-for-being-too-progressive-to-represent-black-voters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jamaal-bowman-targeted-by-national-group-for-being-too-progressive-to-represent-black-voters\/","title":{"rendered":"National organization criticizes Jamaal Bowman for being too progressive to represent black voters"},"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\">26<\/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-targeted-by-national-group-for-being-too-progressive-to-represent-black-voters%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=2257091&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>The National Black Empowerment Action Fund supports Bowman&#8217;s opponent in the 16th Congressional District of New York. Founder \u200dDarius Jones highlights the urgency of their involvement, emphasizing the need to\u2063 amplify <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/its-happening-trump-now-up-in-michigan-florida-pennsylvania-and-tied-in-wisconsin-and-black-hispanic-and-evangelical-vote-is-up-from-2016\/\" title=\"IT'S HAPPENING! Trump Now Up in Michigan, Florida, Pennsylvania and Tied in Wisconsin -- And Black, Hispanic and Evangelical Vote Is UP from 2016!\">black voters<\/a>&#8216; voices on critical issues\u2064 like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/university-of-michigan-pursues-policefreecampus-as-shootings-and-sex-crimes-plague-school\/\" title=\"University of Michigan seeks '#PoliceFreeCampus' amidst ongoing shootings and sex crimes.\">public \u2062safety<\/a>, jobs, education, healthcare, and quality of life.\u2063 AIPAC connections and support for Bowman&#8217;s \u200bchallenger \u2064further shape the unfolding\u200d narrative.  <\/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<\/a>\u2018s (D-NY) reelection campaign has drawn a new foe, targeting him by saying he\u2019s too far left to represent some black voters.<\/p>\n<p>The National Black Empowerment Action Fund donated half a million dollars to better fund Bowman\u2019s opponent for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-york\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>New York<\/a>\u2019s 16th Congressional District. More money is expected from the group in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/warp-speed-advisor-expects-vaccine-to-ship-mid-december-herd-immunity-by-may\/\" title=\"\u2018Warp Speed\u2019 advisor expects vaccine to ship mid-December, \u2018herd immunity\u2019 by May\">coming weeks<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe could have stayed out of it, but the need was too great, the sense of urgency was too high,\u201d Darius Jones, founder of the group,\u00a0told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/05\/30\/jamaal-bowman-black-voter-group-00160630\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><em>Politico<\/em><\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Jones is an American Israel Public Affairs Committee alum and has previously served as the national African American constituency director for AIPAC. AIPAC has strongly supported Bowman\u2019s primary challenger, George Latimer, Westchester County executive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re trying to champion an effort to help amplify the voices of black voters who are focused on safe communities, good-paying jobs, driving down the cost of living, having school choice for their kids, healthcare and just realizing better life outcomes,\u201d Jones said. \u201cAnd it\u2019s going to take responsible leadership that\u2019s keenly focused on those priorities as opposed to far-flung ideologies and agendas.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jones told the outlet he thinks African Americans should rethink how they \u201cromanticize\u201d some Black elected leaders and noted the donation was not necessarily an endorsement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s time to begin to hold those folks accountable for their actions in office,\u201d he said, \u201cand to not be so taken by their soaring rhetoric.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bowman has been<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/2998867\/bowman-offensive-primary-opponent-siding-republican-megadonors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title> under fire<\/a> from the Jewish community in his district in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/violent-crime-on-the-rise-in-san-diego-calif\/\" title=\"Violent crime on the rise in San Diego, Calif.\">recent weeks due<\/a> to his especially <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/2946438\/jamaal-bowman-calls-netanhayu-maniac-needs-removed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>critical<\/a> comments about Israel\u2019s actions in the Israel-Hamas war. Jewish people make up a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2003\/08\/17\/nyregion\/rooted-in-the-county-and-growing.html#:~:text=The%20UJA%20study%20gives%20a,with%2030%20percent%20in%20Manhattan.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>sizable<\/a> population of Westchester County, which could help Latimer.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2024\/apr\/3\/jamaal-bowman-trailing-primary-opponent-george-lat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>April poll<\/a>, Bowman was trailing Latimer by 17 points. 52% of those polled said they would support Latimer in the primary over the 35% who backed Bowman for reelection. The poll also found that 60% of the district had a favorable view of the United States sending more aid to Israel.<\/p>\n<p>New York\u2019s primary election is on June 25.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Jamaal Bowman&#8217;s (D-NY) reelection campaign faces opposition accusing him of being too left-leaning to effectively represent certain black voters. The National Black Empowerment Action Fund has contributed $500,000 to support Bowman&#8217;s opponent in New York&#8217;s 16th Congressional District, with additional funding anticipated from the organization<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2910,"featured_media":2257092,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/jamaal-bowman-1-1024x600.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2257091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/jamaal-bowman-1-1024x600.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2257091","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\/2910"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2257091"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2257091\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2257092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2257091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2257091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2257091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}