Rep. Jamaal Bowman of New York gave a fiery address during a rally on Saturday, criticizing U.S. involvement in Israel in a profanity-filled speech against AIPAC.<\/p>\n
Bowman specifically called out the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), which recently launched a $14 million dollar campaign against his reelection due to his criticisms of Israel.<\/p>\n
\u2018We are gonna show f\u2014ing AIPAC the power of the motherf\u2014ing South Bronx,\u2019 Bowman told the cheering audience.<\/p>\n
\u2018People ask me why I got a foul mouth,\u2019 Bowman continued. \u2018What am I supposed to do? You coming after me. You coming after my family. You coming after my children. I\u2019m not supposed to fight back? I\u2019m not supposed to fight back? We\u2019re gonna show them who the f\u2014 we are.\u2019<\/p>\n
Bowman has been a longstanding critic of the Israel government and the ongoing war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, characterizing the conflict as a genocide against Palestinians.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He repeated these positions at length during his rally, saying U.S. dollars are being used to kill innocent civilians.<\/p>\n
\u2018We are not gonna stay silent while the U.S. tax dollar kills babies and women and children. My opponent supports genocide. My opponent and AIPAC are the ones destroying our democracy,\u2019 Bowman said.<\/p>\n
He continued, \u2018And it is on us, it is on all of us to save our democracy and save our collective humanity. Because this race is about our collective humanity.\u2019<\/p>\n
Bowman received an endorsement from Sen. Bernie Sanders at the rally, telling the crowd they must vote \u2018against oligarchy\u2019 regardless of individual disagreements with Bowman.<\/p>\n
\u2018If you are a Democrat, if you\u2019re voting in the Democratic primary, you must stand up against the oligarchy,\u2019 Sanders told the crowd. \u2018Maybe you disagree with Jamaal on this or that issue. That is not the key point of this campaign. The key point of this campaign is whether billionaires are able to buy the election \u2014 on that issue, every person who votes for the Democratic Party must be united.\u2019<\/p>\n
Bowman will stand against challenging candidate Westchester County Executive George Latimer the culmination of one of the most expensive House primary races in U.S. history.<\/p>\n
A recent poll by Pix11, which hosted a debate between Bowman and Latimer, conducted along with Emerson College and The Hill, showed Latimer leading Bowman 48% to 31%.<\/p>\n
If he wins the June 25 primary, Latimer will be the first moderate Democrat to knock off a member of the left-wing \u2018Squad.\u2019<\/p>\n
Fox News Digital\u2019s Elizabeth Elkind contributed to this report.<\/p>\n\n
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