NY-16: Hillary Clinton endorses Rep. Jamaal Bowman's Democratic primary challenger

[RandySF]

Former Secretary of State and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton is backing the primary challenger looking to take down Democratic Rep. Jamaal Bowman in New York later this month.

The race pits Bowman, the progressive incumbent, against George Latimer, a popular county officeholder, in a race where Bowman’s criticism of Israel in its war with Hamas has taken center stage.

"With Trump on the ballot, we need strong, principled Democrats in Congress more than ever," Clinton said, before Latimer as someone who "will protect abortion rights, stand up to the NRA, and fight for President Biden’s agenda."

Clinton, a longtime New York resident who represented the state in the U.S. Senate, has a home in a neighboring district.



https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/hillary-clinton-endorses-rep-jamaal-bowmans-democratic-primary-challen-rcna156866

[question everything]

1. Thank you Secretary Clinton

[DFW]

2. It's rare for a Clinton to endorse a primary challenger to a Democratic incumbent

I have to think there is more to this story than we have heard so far.

[RandySF]

3. Isn't Hillary's son-in-law Jewish?

[DFW]

5. On paper, anyway. I know his mom pretty well, but I've never met him.

If he's as "Jewish" as his mom, he won't take it all too seriously, but there is a big family involved, so that may not necessarily hold. The dynamic of a big extended family can get involved. I know there was a rabbi at their wedding, but that may have been for the benefit of some of the family members. I guess it's possible he "got religion" in the meantime, and maybe he's had it all along, but like I said, I've never met him.

I have been to exactly one "interfaith" wedding where the groom was of Jewish ancestry and the bride was Catholic. The priest talked for a tolerable five minutes, and the rabbi talked for about 45 minutes, and was so boring that I think that half the audience was ready to convert to Catholicism just to get him to shut up. I was best man, so I know the groom was ready to scream "shut up already!"

When I got married, it was a double wedding with my atheist parents, my wife's Catholic parents, and my brother's Shinto Buddhist in-laws. We had the wedding on neutral ground (a Unitarian church in Arlington, VA), and no harsh words were heard anywhere. Not bad, when you consider that forty years prior to the wedding, they would have been following orders by shooting at each other.

[Cha]

7. Hillary came out in Support of Israel Early On.

So there's that besides George Latimer being a Very Qualified Candidate who would Support Pres Biden's Democratic Agenda and not have reasons Not to vote for it.

[betsuni]

8. We need supporters of the Democratic agenda, Biden is a progressive who gets things done!

[Cha]

9. Exactly how I describe Pres Biden & his Agenda......

Thank You, betsuni!

[SunSeeker]

4. George Latimer is running a much better campaign.

Link to tweet

[Cha]

6. Thanks for the Hillary Tweet, SunSeeker! And, George Latimer's!

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I just Followed him.. he's Followed by "Biden Wins, Thomas and 15 Others I Follow.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

10. Hillary Clinton was attacked tonight for this endorsement

Ayman attacked Hillary Clinton for endorsing G. Latimer over a Justice Democratic candidate.

Link to tweet

I have cut back and will no longer watch Ayman