Class has been dismissed for “Squad” member and Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y.
On Tuesday, Democrat primary voters in the Empire State’s 16th congressional district sent the former middle school principal into political retirement, instead selecting challenger George Latimer to be the party’s nominee this November. Unofficial results show Latimer leading Bowman by a significant margin, with outlets such as Decision Desk HQ and NBC News projecting the former as the winner less than an hour after polls closed.
Latimer was endorsed by prominent Democrats such as failed 2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and former New York Gov. David Paterson. Meanwhile, Bowman received support from his fellow radical “Squad” members and was recently featured on leftist programs such as “The View” and “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” in an apparent attempt to boost his levels of support ahead of Election Day.
Polls released in the months leading up to Tuesday’s contest correctly predicted Bowman’s downfall. A Hill/Emerson survey commissioned several weeks ago, for example, showed 48 percent of NY-16 voters backing Latimer and just 31 percent supporting Bowman.
Bowman’s humiliating defeat came days after the New York congressman held an anti-Israel, profanity-laced rally with Democrat Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in the South Bronx. Responding to news that AIPAC, a lobbying group that advocates for pro-Israel policies, launched a $14 million campaign against his reelection bid, Bowman claimed, “We’re all going to show f-cking AIPAC the power of the motherf-cking South Bronx.”
“People ask me why I’ve got a foul mouth:
