Luther Ray Abel of National Review Online targets one of Congress’ worst members.
Former middle-school principal and current congressman Jamaal Bowman (D., N.Y.), best known for his fire-alarm-pulling antics, strident anti-Israel rhetoric, and membership in the infamous “Squad,” had quite the day on Saturday, when he attended a get-out-the-vote rally in the South Bronx. While complaining about AIPAC’s efforts to unseat him, Jamaal Bowman stomped up and down a stage shouting profanities while trying to get the crowd worked up in favor of its allegedly persecuted representative. …
… “We’re all going to show f***ing AIPAC the power of the motherf***ing South Bronx. People ask me why I’ve got a foul mouth: What am I supposed to do? You comin’ after me. You comin’ after my family. You comin’ after my children. I’m not supposed to fight back? We’re going to show them who the f*** we are.”
There’s not much more embarrassing than seeing a grown man try his hand at WWE-style stump speeches while whining about his political opponents’ successfully fundraising on all the stupid things he has said and done in the past. …
… The reality is that Bowman is a maliciously stupid man, incapable of understanding cause and effect, who has to be protected by cagier leftists like AOC and Bernie Sanders, who’ve been stumping for him. AIPAC is powerful because Americans overwhelmingly support Israel, just as gun-rights groups are powerful because many Americans believe in the right to bear arms. What leftists like Bowman fail to realize is that these groups are not astroturfed as many of their progressive counterparts are. These organizations are active forms of widely held views — they occur naturally, and Congress responds to majority support far more than it does to any one lobbyist because smart politicians gauge American priorities and at least pay lip service to them.
