Blue on Blue, Prog Heartache on Heartache for Fire Pull Bowman

Roughly four years ago, Mondaire Jones and Jamaal Bowman made history together. Young, left-leaning Democrats, they won hard-fought primaries in neighboring districts to become the first Black men ever to represent New York’s Westchester County in Congress.

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Now, they find themselves deeply at odds over the Israel-Hamas war, a break so sharp that Mr. Jones vowed on Monday to help defeat Mr. Bowman in the Democratic primary on June 25 and endorse his opponent, George Latimer. ...

Mr. Jones said in an interview that he could not sit by while Mr. Bowman positioned himself as a leading critic of Israel, saying that his former ally had sown “pain and anxiety” among Jewish New Yorkers and had torn “at the fabric of our community and our civil rights coalition.”

Ed Morrissey

Pass the popcorn! The NYT piece goes on to point out that Jones is running for the House again, this time in a more moderate district, and may need to establish his bona fides in that direction. Latimer is also white, which should make for interesting conversations around the Dem campfires in New York, too. 

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