Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) fumed after Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), a fellow far-Left member of “The Squad,” lost his primary race this week following his full on embrace of anti-Semitism following Hamas’ October 7 massacre.
Ocasio-Cortez, who has an extensive history of palling around with anti-Semites like Reps. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) and Ilhan Omar (D-MN), campaigned for Bowman in the days prior to his blowout loss.
“This was about $20 million in big money being spent in a historic sum, unlike any seen in American history, point blank period,” AOC told reporters when asked if Democrat leadership could have done more to support Bowman. “And I think we need to have a real conversation about AIPAC. I think that what we do need to have [is] a real conversation about is how a Republican, primarily Republican and largely Republican financed organization is playing and dumping money and playing an extremely divisive role in the Democratic Party.”
AIPAC is not right-wing, conservative, or a Republican organization and it has long given money to candidates on both sides of the aisle.
“And by the way, it makes it much harder for us to coalition build and to create the winning coalitions that not just can ensure that we have representation at the congressional level,” she continued. “But they are spending this money into our party for a reason, because we need that coalition to win back House majorities. We need that energy and coalition of a progressive base in order to make sure that we win statewide and federally, and Republicans are pouring money to finance these for a reason because people and representatives like Jamaal Bowman can move and reach communities that many other areas of the Democratic Party cannot.”
“And so if Republicans can finance taking people like that off the board, they can also make it easier for themselves in November,” she concluded. “And so I think for all of us as a party, regardless of your stances, it’s very important that we have a conversation about why Republicans are playing such a large role in financing division and among Democrats.”
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At no point during her response did she ever address the actual question and she never disavowed herself from blatant anti-Semitic remarks that Bowman made, including his denials of the October 7 massacre.
Ocasio-Cortez also did not seem to understand that Bowman lost to a liberal Democrat, 70-year-old George Latimer, not a Republican.
Ocasio-Cortez did not respond to a request for comment from The Daily Wire about whether she had a problem with the Democrat Party’s decision to meddle in Republican Party primaries in the 2022 midterms.
WATCH:
Asked by @metzgov if Democratic leadership could have done more to help Jamaal Bowman, AOC responds — pic.twitter.com/spS091D75a
— Pablo Manríquez (@PabloReports) June 26, 2024
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) fumed after Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), a fellow far-Left member of “The Squad,” lost his primary race this week following his full on embrace of anti-Semitism following Hamas’ October 7 massacre.
Ocasio-Cortez, who has an extensive history of palling around with anti-Semites like Reps. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) and Ilhan Omar (D-MN), campaigned for Bowman in the days prior to his blowout loss.
“This was about $20 million in big money being spent in a historic sum, unlike any seen in American history, point blank period,” AOC told reporters when asked if Democrat leadership could have done more to support Bowman. “And I think we need to have a real conversation about AIPAC. I think that what we do need to have [is] a real conversation about is how a Republican, primarily Republican and largely Republican financed organization is playing and dumping money and playing an extremely divisive role in the Democratic Party.”
AIPAC is not right-wing, conservative, or a Republican organization and it has long given money to candidates on both sides of the aisle.
“And by the way, it makes it much harder for us to coalition build and to create the winning coalitions that not just can ensure that we have representation at the congressional level,” she continued. “But they are spending this money into our party for a reason, because we need that coalition to win back House majorities. We need that energy and coalition of a progressive base in order to make sure that we win statewide and federally, and Republicans are pouring money to finance these for a reason because people and representatives like Jamaal Bowman can move and reach communities that many other areas of the Democratic Party cannot.”
“And so if Republicans can finance taking people like that off the board, they can also make it easier for themselves in November,” she concluded. “And so I think for all of us as a party, regardless of your stances, it’s very important that we have a conversation about why Republicans are playing such a large role in financing division and among Democrats.”
CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP
At no point during her response did she ever address the actual question and she never disavowed herself from blatant anti-Semitic remarks that Bowman made, including his denials of the October 7 massacre.
Ocasio-Cortez also did not seem to understand that Bowman lost to a liberal Democrat, 70-year-old George Latimer, not a Republican.
Ocasio-Cortez did not respond to a request for comment from The Daily Wire about whether she had a problem with the Democrat Party’s decision to meddle in Republican Party primaries in the 2022 midterms.
WATCH:
Asked by @metzgov if Democratic leadership could have done more to help Jamaal Bowman, AOC responds — pic.twitter.com/spS091D75a
— Pablo Manríquez (@PabloReports) June 26, 2024
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