Progressives look for AOC-style upset in NY primary against House committee chairman

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Like other veteran lawmakers, Rep. Eliot Engel has worked hard to avoid the fate of Joe Crowley, the No. 4 House Democrat defeated by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in the 2018 primary.

crisis and the economic fallout of the pandemic have underscored the need to for new representation in Washington,"revealing the fractured health care and education and economic systems that we have."the murder of George Floyd"I've experienced police brutality and police harassment my entire life, beginning at 11 years old," Bowman told ABC News.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez votes early in the Democratic congressional primary election at the Justice Sonia Sotomayor Community Center in the Bronx borough of New York, June 20, 2020. He said he spent those weeks working for New Yorkers, and took credit for the $5 billion in funding for New York hospitals in the"The seniority system works in Washington," he said at a recent primary debate."I bring home the bacon."

In this undated photo, provided by his campaign, shows Jamaal Bowman, a first-time candidate who has picked up endorsements from Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in his race against Rep. Eliot Engel. "I was registered as an independent, I've always voted Democrat," Bowman told ABC News, claiming he did vote for President Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012, despite the filing."These are desperate attempts to sway the constituents of the district.""They've worked with him before, so they're providing support, that makes sense," Bowman said.

 

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They all sound so desperate..

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Phony bullshit. Political theater to get Engel to give up his seat to a ‘minority.’

“Old man out of touch with the interest of his constituents and blind to a radically changing world and it’s needs scared of being dethroned by wonderful POC who gets it” works too but you guys are the writers. JamaalBowman

Eating their own.

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