{"id":2267736,"date":"2024-06-14T08:58:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-14T12:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democratic-kingmaker-clyburn-reveals-simple-reason-he-hasnt-backed-bowman\/"},"modified":"2024-06-14T08:59:20","modified_gmt":"2024-06-14T12:59:20","slug":"democratic-kingmaker-clyburn-reveals-simple-reason-he-hasnt-backed-bowman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democratic-kingmaker-clyburn-reveals-simple-reason-he-hasnt-backed-bowman\/","title":{"rendered":"Clyburn explains straightforward reason for withholding support from Bowman"},"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\">18<\/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%2Fdemocratic-kingmaker-clyburn-reveals-simple-reason-he-hasnt-backed-bowman%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=2267736&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. Jim Clyburn, a leading House Democrat and \u200bco-chair of \u2063President Joe Biden&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/campaign-2024-an-early-look-at-the-possible-republican-contenders\/\" title=\"Campaign 2024: An Early Look At The Possible Republican Contenders\">reelection campaign<\/a>, has not endorsed Rep. Jamaal\u200b Bowman\u2064 (D-NY) mainly because Bowman has not requested his endorsement. While other key members of the House Democratic leadership, such as House Minority Leader\u2062 Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), House Minority\u2064 Whip\u200b Katherine Clark \u2063(D-MA), and Rep. Pete\u2064 Aguilar (D-CA), have supported \u2062Bowman in his difficult primary battle, Clyburn has not done so. Clyburn did mention that\u200d Bowman asked for \u200ca <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/money-honey-hunter-bidens-art-patron-has-funneled-millions-to-democrats\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden's art patron has directed millions to Democrats.\">campaign\u2063 contribution<\/a>, \u2064which he provided, \u200dbut not for an \u2063endorsement. Clyburn emphasized his approach to respond based on what candidates\u200c explicitly\u2062 ask of \u2063him.  <\/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 data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_79\">\n<p>Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jim-clyburn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Jim Clyburn<\/a> (D-SC), a top House Democrat and co-chairman of President <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden\u2019s<\/a> reelection campaign, hasn\u2019t backed Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jamaal-bowman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Jamaal Bowman<\/a> (D-NY) for one specific reason: Bowman hasn\u2019t asked him. <\/p>\n<p>House Democratic leadership, including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), House Minority Whip Katherine Clark (D-MA), and Rep. Pete Aguilar (D-CA), has backed Bowman as he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-spike-in-florida-coronavirus-cases-despite-no-mask-mandate\/\" title=\"No Spike in Florida Coronavirus Cases Despite No Mask Mandate\">faces<\/a> a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-national-committee-will-vote-friday-to-censure-liz-cheney-adam-kinzinger\/\" title=\"Republican National Committee Will Vote Friday to Censure Liz Cheney, Adam Kinzinger\">tough primary challenge<\/a>. Still, Bowman hasn\u2019t been endorsed by the once-No. 3 House Democrat, Clyburn.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, he is not asking me for any kind of endorsement,\u201d Clyburn told <em>Politico<\/em>. \u201cHe asked me for a contribution, and I gave it to him. I tend to respond to candidates based upon what they want me to do. If a candidate called and says, \u2018I\u2019d like you to come to my district,\u2019 then I may go. He\u2019s not asking anything else with me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Westchester County Executive George Latimer is challenging Bowman as Bowman faces challenges at home for his anti-Israel stance, which has upset his Jewish allies in Congress and at home. Bowman represents New York\u2019s 16th Congressional District, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/2998867\/bowman-offensive-primary-opponent-siding-republican-megadonors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>encompassing<\/a> Westchester County, which has 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> Jewish population.<\/p>\n<p>Latimer has a staunch pro-Israel stance and is backed by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, which has placed Bowman as one of its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/soros-makes-first-contributions-of-2022-cycle\/\" title=\"Soros Makes First Contributions of 2022 Cycle\">top targets<\/a> for removal from Congress. <\/p>\n<p>The intraparty fight for a safe seat has been nasty and often racially tinged, with Bowman referring to Latimer, who is white, as an \u201canti-Muslim\u201d and \u201canti-Black\u201d racist. Over the course of the battle, Bowman has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3027479\/bowman-paying-price-anti-israel-stance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>lost the support<\/a> of longtime friends and allies.<\/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>Even 2016 presidential candidates are split on the primary, with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3040602\/hillary-clinton-endorses-jamaal-bowman-challenger-latimer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>recently endorsing<\/a> Latimer and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) backing Bowman.<\/p>\n<p>New York\u2019s primary is June 25.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC), a senior House Democrat and co-chair of President Biden&#8217;s reelection campaign, has not endorsed Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) simply because Bowman hasn&#8217;t requested his support. Meanwhile, other House Democratic leaders like Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Whip Katherine Clark, and Rep. Pete Aguilar have already endorsed Bowman<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2910,"featured_media":2267737,"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-2267736","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\/2267736","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=2267736"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2267736\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2267737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2267736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2267736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2267736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}