Bowman loses New York primary in blow to progressives (thehill.com)

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[-] theparadox@lemmy.world 31 points 2 days ago

I am just destroyed by this. I genuinely had a little faith in humanity that people wouldn't fall for this bullshit but I guess I sorely was mistaken.

Laitmer is a conservative, racist piece of shit who is going to take over Manchin's job of fucking things up for progressives. Fucking hell this sucks.

To top it off, Israel just successfully dropped a political nuke on a critic and will likely have everyone running scared in the future.

[-] Maggoty@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Israel also failed with every other progressive so far. And this guy had a target on his back from the day he pulled the fire alarm to delay a vote.

[-] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

This guy had a target on his back because he's a progressive. The fire alarm thing was just a weak spot.

[-] Maggoty@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

That's my point. He gave them ammunition. He made himself a joke. You can't survive that without big party support.

[-] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

He created a vulnerability, yes. aipac exploited it.

[-] Maggoty@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

I agree.

[-] jeffw@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Machin is in a different chamber

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago

Way to focus on the important parts 🙄

[-] lennybird@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

It matters though. The weight of a single Rep in the House is far less than a US Senator. It sucks, of course, but very relevant. He can't be a Manchin.

[-] theparadox@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

You can abuse your position as a holdout and potentially fuck everything up in either chamber. Bills require passage in both chambers... but I'm sure you knew that.

I just hope there are enough gains in the house to make his ass irrelevant.

[-] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

To top it off, Israel just successfully dropped a political nuke on a critic and will likely have everyone running scared in the future.

And then in a decade or so when Israel does something equally heinous we'll have an entire new generation wondering why the US supports Israel.

[-] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago

Democrats love foreign interference as long as it's against progressives.

[-] Maggoty@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

This is the guy who pulled a fire alarm to delay a vote. They were never not going to primary him. His statements on Israel just meant they could get AIPAC to fund his replacement.

[-] sxan@midwest.social 8 points 3 days ago

Anybody following this able to give a balanced summary? I find The Hill to tend right-leaning and don't much trust their analysis.

The Hill seems to be placing the defeat of Bowman on his stance against the genocide in Palestine, which is becoming a sort of dog-whistle saying, "stand against the invasion of Palestine, and this is what happens to you." It may in this case be true; I can believe it, but I don't trust The Hill to not be constructing a narrative.

[-] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 29 points 3 days ago

AIPAc spent like 14 million against him.

I think it I saw an article about how this was the most expensive primary for the House.

So yeah, because of his stance on Palestine (which was "genocide bad") Israel interfered in our election.

But Schumer, Harrison, and Biden take more AIPAC money that pretty much anyone else, so they're going to say this proves voters don't want progress and love genocide.or some other crazy shit.

Our system is broken and abused, and a D by someone's name clearly isn't enough anymore.

[-] worldwidewave@lemmy.world 24 points 2 days ago

This is all right, I’ll just add that Bowman was among the first to call for a ceasefire in Gaza, basically right after Oct 7th happened. A number of large progressive Dems have rallied to his side (including Bernie and AOC this past weekend), which clearly wasn’t enough.

This was also a D primary, so everyone had a D by their name.

[-] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago

This was also a D primary, so everyone had a D by their name.

My point was Bowman's opponent took 14 million from a foreign government to support their genocide

He has a D by his name, but he's a piece of shit. If the party has standards he wouldn't be in the party

But the party doesn't have standards, because the party leaders take AIPAC money too.

Like, I thought it was pretty clear already, is it making sense yet?

[-] retrospectology@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Yup, what's important for people to understand is that AIPAC is the single largest source of GOP money in Democratic primaries and campaigns.

They take money from right-wing billionaires and use it to back right-wing Democrats who they know can be relied upon to be obstructionist.

AIPAC funding needs to be banned within the party, same as they did with the NRA who tried to do the same thing.

[-] Tinidril@midwest.social 17 points 2 days ago

With Hillary weighing in on the side of AIPAC to endorse the challenger, I'd say that the establishment is pretty comfortable taking AIPAC's money.

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

I REALLY wish she'd just shut up and enjoy her long overdue retirement already 😮‍💨

[-] Sanctus@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Because the heads of the party are pocketing Israeli checks.

The D or R does not matter when it comes to Israel and its disgusting.

The only way to end it is to end lobbying.

[-] JDPoZ@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

This is where the “bOtH sIdEs” mockers usually are mysteriously absent.

Always hate seeing one of those disingenuous comments pop up.

The parties are not completely the same, but shit like this makes it seem like they can be sometimes.

[-] Sanctus@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

It corrupts everyone. You aren't keeping up with people taking 459 million "campaign donations" if you don't. Its fucked. But yes, I'm glad we're not both sidesing for a second and pointing out something that should never have been allowed in the first place.

[-] Tinidril@midwest.social 10 points 2 days ago

Not everyone was a D, at least not the voters. There was a massive push to reregister a lot of Republicans and Independents as Democrats.

[-] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 14 points 3 days ago

Israel/aipac flooded his opponent with money because bowman was critical of Isreal.

Dems also changed their minds one actually supporting the incumbents here.

[-] Tinidril@midwest.social 16 points 2 days ago

Dems also changed their minds one actually supporting the incumbents here.

This has never been a standard they apply to progressives.

[-] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 13 points 2 days ago

Amazing how that happens every time

[-] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago

Compare the party's treatment of Bowman to their treatment of Coathanger Cuellar.

[-] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

The Hill fired Katie Halper, a Jewish women, in the past for agreeing that israel is an apartheid state at a time human rights organisations did so.

The Hill just fired one of their most popular reporters Briahna Joy Gray for being too anti-israel and pushing back on debunked rape hoaxes.

The Hill is 100% a Zionist propaganda outlet.

[-] Maggoty@lemmy.world -4 points 2 days ago

The other shoe is this is the guy who pulled the fire alarm. The attack ads for his primary have been written for a long time and he didn't have good odds no matter who primaried him. The Dems went with the conservative guy to get AIPAC to fund the campaign and because they don't fundamentally care about ideology, just having the most seats.

[-] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world -4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Stark reminder that the Democratic party is fully bought and paid for by AIPAC. Who's AIPACs primary funder again? That's right, Republicans.

A vote for Democrat is a vote for Republicans.

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