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The Daily BeastJun 24, 2024
Will Squad Member Jamaal Bowman Go Out In a Blaze of $22 Million?
Lucas Jackson/ReutersSunday found embattled Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) at a thunderous rally in the Bronx along with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Sen. Bernie Sanders.

The hoarse, sweating Bowman looked to be feeling the heat, not just from the seething crowd and feverish June afternoon, but from a recent poll showing him 17 points behind his Democratic primary rival. And he scarcely shied away from what has become the defining issue of the race, the brutal Israeli military campaign in Gaza, and the independent organization spending big to unseat him.

"We are going to show fucking AIPAC the motherfucking power of the South Bronx," the former high school principal cried, using the common acronym for the American-Israeli Public Affairs Committee. "We are not going to stand silent while U.S. tax dollars kills babies and women and children. My opponent supports genocide. My opponent and AIPAC are the ones destroying our democracy."

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