What is the point of Bowman giving a response to the President's speech tonight?

[JohnSJ]

Does he consider himself part of the Democratic Party?

[OilemFirchen]

1. ...

[Scrivener7]

2. That action says no.

[Demsrule86]

3. They shouldn't do that...another safe Democrat from another safe New York seat. They need

to support the party.

[PoliticAverse]

4. "Rep. Jamaal Bowman (N.Y.), ... will deliver the Working Families Party's (WFP) response"

Rep. Jamaal Bowman (N.Y.), one of the newest progressive-aligned Democrats in Congress, will deliver the Working Families Party's (WFP) response to President Biden's State of the Union address this week.

The party announced in a press release last week that Bowman would deliver the group's fourth-ever response to a president's State of the Union address, a sign that the WFP and other progressive organizations are beginning to flex more national muscle.

"I'm honored to deliver the Working Families Party's response to President Biden's Joint Address to Congress," Bowman said in a statement last week accompanying the news release.

"As we approach the first hundred days of the president's term, we should celebrate our victories, take stock of where we've fallen short, and be crystal clear about what it will take to truly build back better and deliver the recovery and the democracy our people deserve," he continued.

From: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/bowman-to-deliver-progressive-response-to-biden-s-speech-to-congress/ar-BB1g6QON?pfr=1

[George II]

10. Why is a DEMOCRAT delivering a response for another party? If he's not happy with OUR....

....party, why doesn't he quit the Democratic Party?

[JHB]

15. 1) Because in NY, WFP can put Democrats on their ticket...

...so this is a way to voice critiques that are still within the Democratic structure, and

2) Given the Republicans' "ZOMG! JOE IS CONTROLLED BY LEFTY GULAG-LOVING SOCIALISTS!" rhetoric, does commentary from the leftward portion of our coalition, being nothing like that, really hurt things? Or does it help?

[WHITT]

5. Will Anybody Air It?

[JohnSJ]

7. That is an interesting question. I suppose they will, especially fox, to try and stir division

among Democrats

[dem4decades]

8. Yeah Fox.

[Mad_Machine76]

6. I'm confused too

Trying to assume the Bernie Sanders mantle now that Bernie is less and less viable as a national contender for President? Not sure how this is helpful for Democratic unity.

[tritsofme]

9. If a Bowman gives a speech in the woods and there's nobody there to hear it...

[George II]

11. If he's watching this speech, what could he possibly talk about?

[JohnSJ]

12. Well said George

[George II]

13. C-Span covered Biden's speech in it's entirety. Then they covered Scott's. Now rerunning Biden's.

[JohnSJ]

14. Enough said