Radical progressive group Justice Democrats blamed House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) for the blowout loss handed to Squad-aligned Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) in Tuesday’s primary election — and Jeffries’ spokesperson fired right back.
Bowman, who leaned into the anti-Israel protests after October 7th and was backed by other far-Left members of Congress like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), lost to George Latimer by 17 points.
According to New York’s Democratic Party Chair Jay Jacobs, the reason for Bowman’s loss was simple: “The voters in this district, and in other districts across the country, frankly, are just not buying some of the things that these candidates are selling. And now, moderate voters are getting engaged, they’re paying attention and they’re coming to the polls.”
But Usamah Andrabi, a spokesman for…
