Rep. Jamaal “Fire Alarm” Bowman apologized this week for comments he made last year downplaying rape connected to Hamas’ 10/7 attack on Israel. I wrote about those comments here when they were first reported by Politico back in March. Politico had uncovered a video recording of an appearance Bowman made last November in which he suggested the rape claims were “propaganda.”
SCOOP: In the weeks after Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel, Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) not only publicly cast doubt on reports that Israeli women were raped, but also called those accusations “propaganda,” according to a previously unreported post on TikTok. https://t.co/Vb2dJdUgcK pic.twitter.com/DpXqRmcBS2
— Daniel Lippman (@dlippman) March 26, 2024
It was a long time coming but Monday Bowman finally apologized for those comments during a radio interview.
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