Red alert!
Socialists were eating their own at a rally for Rep. Jamaal Bowman in the Bronx Saturday as extreme leftist radicals ripped “sellouts” Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for not backing Palestine enough to their liking.
Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez joined 300 comrades at St. Mary’s Park for a “get out and vote” rally in to support “Squad” member Bowman, who is badly behind in polls in his June 25 primary against Westchester County Executive George Latimer, a moderate Democrat.
However, outside the park, the anti-Israel group Within Our Lifetime, run by radicals Nerdeen Kiswani and Fatima Mousa, hosted a “Flood the Bronx for Gaza” to counter the rally.
Roughly 150 attended the “Flood the Bronx for Gaza” protest.
Some banged drums while others held signs with slogans like “For class war to free Palestine! Dump Genocide Joe and the Squad.”
“If Bowman and the rest of them claim to be allies of the Palestinian people, the bare minimum is not endorsing the person we have been protesting against the last nine months and who has enabled the genocide of the people in Gaza,” said Kiswani, parroting a debunked Hamas talking point.
Biden’s White House said Israel is not committing genocide during its war on Hamas terrorists.
At the rally for a desperate Bowman — which took place outside his district — Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez and other speakers never mentioned the protest happening in plain sight outside the park gates.
Recent polls show Bowman trailing Latimer by double digits in the district, which stretches from Co-Op City in the Bronx to some of the wealthiest neighborhoods in Westchester.
Even before the Israel-Hamas war began, Bowman took heat for favoring far-left agenda items over the needs of his own constituents.
His vote against Biden’s infrastructure bill — after insisting it helped white people too much — has become a major issue in the race.
He’s also faced widespread mockery for pulling a fire alarm during a government funding vote last year.
Bowman embraced ceasefire proposals that would allow Hamas to remain in power and has freely campaigned with activists who celebrated the attacks.
While Bowman’s other endorsements include fellow “squad” members, Latimer’s endorsements include former Democratic presidential nominee and US Sen. Hillary Clinton and many moderate local legislators.
