The Battle for the Bronx.
Normally the far left gets to dominate democrat primaries, due to a general lack of enthusiasm for primaries. That is not the case in the South Bronx as a radical congressman is fighting for his job against the moderate democrat and Westchester County Executive George Latimer. It seems that Bowman made a lot of people angry when he doubted the Oct 7th attack was so bad or that anyone was raped or that infants were beheaded. Prior to that he is best remembered for pulling a fire alarm that would have prevented a vote from taking place, in an effort to embarrass Republicans. He walked away from that fairly easily. It may finally be time for a reckoning.
Down by about 17 points in the race for New York's 16 congressional district, Bowan has come out swinging. He got up on a stage in front of about 50 people and dropped F-bombs left and right while hoping up and down like a drunken witch doctor. He was joined by a fellow NY radical: the totally spaced-out Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. AOC stomped about the stage to the sound of a Cardi B song. Videos of the ugly event went viral:
https://youtu.be/OitA-nKSeAI?list=RDNSOitA-nKSeAI
The "hip-hop' congressman was last seen chanting "the power of the MF South Bronx."
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The cooking of Pizza in wood fire ovens (once almost unheard-of outside Italy) has expanded throughout the country.
Has Pizza ever been this good?
No, New York's 16th Congressional District is not anywhere near the "South Bronx". In fact, it covers Westchester County, or "Bestchester" as I call it, including exclusive suburbs of Scarsdale, New Rochelle and Rochester...
Let us not forget that this is a Democratic run off in a Democratic district!
The 16th district includes a small portion of the northern Bronx (specifically the neighborhood of Wakefield ) and the southern half of Westchester County , including the suburban cities of White Plains , Mount Vernon , Yonkers , New Rochelle , and Rye . The district has the highest percentage of Jamaican Americans , at 9.0%, out of any congressional district in New York, due to the large Caribbean population in the north Bronx. [3]
New York's 16th congressional district - Wikipedia
You would think that one of you would know what the district includes.
You should know NY's 16th includes none of the South Bronx!
It includes only the very bougie Pelham section of The Bronx...
So it only includes a very small portion of the Bronx, that explains why this moron will get replaced, if it included a larger portion of the Bronx, like the complete Morons in the majority of the Bronx who think AOC is a good choice he probably would get re-elected.
I didn't say it did.
Your guy Bowan said it!
For somebody who is supposed to be a former school principal, Bowman really comes off as someone who is just not very bright at all.
he might be above-average for where he is.
True.
The 16th district includes a small portion of the northern Bronx...
It would seem that some people unfamiliar with the area that the Bronx is the Bronx--- North Bronx or South Bronx-- no difference, after all its the still "The Bronx".
But for the most part, the Southern portion of The Bronx is generally a fairly poor area. The Northern part has some very well to do areas.
Adjacent to the Bronx on the North is Westchester county-- which is mixed but has a fair number of fairly upscale areas.
I don't remember the date-- or the exact boundary changes, but fairly recently there was a re-districting-- IIRC the district boundaries, both N and S were moved northward.
All in all most of those areas are mainly Democratic.
So normally the district should be overwhelmingly Democratic. But Bowman is either not too bright-- or just a bit insensitive. because of this , I think he will lose the primary, and "the Squad" will lose a member.
"Unimportant But Interesting": Most place name in NYC and the surrounding area are English, but there are two other types that are obviously not English in origin.
1. Dutch: Names like Bronx, Flushing, Spuyten Duyvil, Haarlem, Bowery, Bleeker, Gansevoort, Stuyvesant, Paerlstraat (now Pearl Street), Bushwick, Amsterdam, ...
2. American Indian names: (Manahatta, Merrick, Wantagh, Massepequa, Copiague., Matinecock, Cutchogue, etc.
I've known a few prinicpals-- most were not particularly bright.
I read a long time ago that some teachers are born to teach, while those that cannot teach become administrators.
He didn't even know what his district included.
Which is the part Bowman wanted to somehow represent.
I'm just glad he got beat.
Yep, one less bigot in office in DC.
Rumors are swirling that Trump's VP pick might just be Vivek Ramaswamy.
I'd be surprised.
So would I. Talk about throwing your chances away..................still say Nikki would be the best choice.
I agree, Nikki would be the best choice for VP but Trump won't pick her which is a shame. With her as his VP, he could approach Reagan levels with the Electoral College votes.
s VP pick might just be Vivek Ramaswamy
That would be a terrible choice. Haley is the clear cut best choice, but pretty much anyone is better than him.
I would have gone with Tulsi Gabbard.
Can't disagree with that.................at ALL
Much better than Ramaswamy.
Same. Tulsi Gabbard.
At least she is a real moderate former Democrat. Which might appeal to moderate and women voters who think Democrats have jumped the shark once too often.
Not Haley; who is trying to curry favor with the Establishment again. (Basically she is for sale to whomever can help her political career the most at the given time. Including Democrats as the primary proved.)
Besides, whomever is Trump's VP will have no chance at getting elected president in 2028.
I wouldn't trust Haley not to turn on Trump if she was VP to try and save her own political future.
Worked for Harris LMAO
I think she compliments Trump perfectly.
She is soft spoken, methodical, appeals to moderate democrats and men as well as women.
Perfect story on how to get ahead by giving head.
Russian patriot of the year!
Says Hillary Clinton.
Unlike most politicians, who would never, ever do anything like that!
Monica Lewinsky?
OMG what a shit show that was LMAO
If you show this to the founders at Philadelphia, do they say "what's the point" and give up go home?
It is exactly this sort of mindless demagoguery from idiots they worried would ruin the republic.
All in front of their "massive" crowd of about 50 people.
Maybe they should be talking to the terrorists in Lebanon not to attack. I mean, have they seen what Israel did to the country of the last terrorist attack?
Is this maybe the start of kicking these extremists to the curb and electing more moderates? I would love to see that happen.
Would be good to see this happen on both sides.
Gaza is a country?
Better not let Israel hear you say that.
Some of the lower IQ people seem to think so. As far as I'm concerned, it's a terrorist hideout.
Since Israel ended its occupation of Gaza (way back in 2005) the inhabitants of Gaza have had self rule. So IMO they are a de facto country/
Of course they would never admit that because they can't claim victimhood.
BTW: Congrats to the Florida Panthers
Champions. Sam Navarro/USA TODAY Sports, via Reuters
My team wasn't in it so I am impartial to who won.
Was kind of hoping the Oilers would pull of the comeback from being down 3 games (something that hasn't been done since 1942). But it's good to see the Panthers get their 1st Stanley Cup!!!!!
I know somebody on a terrible losing streak. He told me to bet Edmonton. I don't know what the line was.
I should have just kept betting against him.
Game 4 - 6 I was siding with Edmonton. They beat the hell out of Florida. It raised expectations that last night was going to be a good game.
That explains it.
The battle for the Bronx!!!
Breaking news:
Rep. Jamaal Bowman , D-N.Y., became the first member of the progressive group of House lawmakers known as “the squad” to lose a primary challenge in the 2024 cycle on Tuesday night, after suffering a bruising defeat to a more moderate Democratic candidate in his Bronx-area district.
Jamaal Bowman becomes first member of the 'Squad' to lose 2024 primary as Democrats divide over Israel (yahoo.com)
That's a good thing!
Let's just say he alienated a lot of Jewish voters.
He did. His defeat certainly gives the lie to the ridiculous contention some make that American Jews hate Israel.
Latimer is a moderate Democrat, which is where most Democrats are.
I don't know who you are talking about, it wasn't me. My contention is that most American Jews were brought up in a liberal tradition and never look to the left when bad things happen.
As for this election: it was a primary election. Jewish voters still had a democrat alternative to an antisemite. I'll give them an A when they can vote against Joe Biden who has bowed to the antisemites on the radical left.
Your contention is that you know better than the majority of Jewish voters.
My contention is that one should never point a loaded gun at oneself.
These loving democrats will be missed
I'm glad Latimer won. I prefer moderate Democrats for the most part.
Breaking news:
Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., won her GOP primary on Tuesday, NBC News projects, after deciding to run in a different district than the one where she narrowly won re-election in 2022.
Boebert defeated five other Republicans for the party’s nomination in Colorado’s 4th District, which opened up after Rep. Ken Buck announced earlier this year that he would resign. She will now be heavily favored to win the seat in the general election given the area’s rightward lean.
Lauren Boebert wins Colorado Republican House primary (nbcnews.com)
Boebert really comes across as someone who is exceptionally stupid, although she might be above-average for where she is given the area's rightward lean.
She benefited from facing multiple candidates and being the only one with national name recognition.
Yes, she did, although her name recognition comes with a lot of negative baggage.
Evidently, not in the opinion of everyone.
There are a lot of crazy people out there. She is one example
When you’re a celebrity, you can grab’em by the Johnson.