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As we’ve been covering at length, Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) is likely to lose his primary next Tuesday against Westchester County Executive George Latimer. Past comments come back to haunt Bowman, including how he claimed last November it was “propaganda” and “a lie” to say that Hamas terrorists raped women when they perpetrated their attack on October 7 against Israel. The vulnerable congressman has once more apologized, as POLITICO covered on Thursday morning.
PertheirNewYorkPlaybook:
SAYINGSORRY:BowmanapologizedthisweekforcallingHamas’sexualviolenceagainstIsraeliwomenonOct.7“propaganda”and“lies.”
Bowman,theleft-leaningDemocratfacingtheprospectofdefeatnextweek,saidinresponsetoaWNYCcaller,“ImmediatelywhentheUNprovidedadditionalevidence,Ivotedtocondemnthesexualviolence.Iapologizeformycommentsandnowwe’recontinuingtodotheworktofightsexualviolenceanddomesticviolenceinallitsforms.”
AfterPOLITICOfirstreportedonthecommentshemadeatapro-PalestinianrallylastNovember,BowmancondemnedHamasandsaidhe“alwaysstand[s]
