New York GOP leader celebrates Bowman's double-digit defeat to pro-Israel Democrat: 'Good riddance, Jamaal'
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New York GOP Chair Ed Cox celebrated when Democrat George Latimer, a pro-Israel moderate, defeated incumbent "Squad" member Rep. Jamaal Bowman.
During his concession speech Tuesday night, Bowman issued an apology for his viral, profanity-laced rally in the Bronx over the weekend, but in doing so, repeated criticism of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), the pro-Israel advocacy group that reportedly spent nearly $15 million in an effort to unseat the "Squad" member accused of spewing antisemitic rhetoric. Danielle Wallace is a reporter for Fox News Digital covering politics, crime, police and more. Story tips can be sent to danielle.wallace@fox.com and on Twitter: @danimwallace.
"I want to make an apology, a public apology, for, you know, sometimes using foul language. I’m sorry," Bowman told a crowd of supporters following his defeat. "But… I think, it is not… how do I want to say this? We should not be well-adjusted to a sick society. We should be outraged. We should be outraged when a super PAC of dark money gets fed $20 million to brainwash people into believing something that isn’t true. We should be outraged about that. We should be outraged when, unfortunately, some so-called Democrats are aligning themselves with radical, racist, right-wing Republicans."
In a post on X, AIPAC, meanwhile, congratulated Latimer "on his resounding victory over an anti-Israel detractor."