jamaal bowman’s primary opponent george latimer is on brian lehrer right now being asked about israel and wow this is what someone sounds like when they’re bought and paid for by AIPAC
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Lehrer: It seems like you don’t want to distance yourself from Netanyahu in any explicit way, maybe because you’re funded by AIPAC.
Latimer: That’s a typical political attack by Jamaal Bowman and his supporters.
Lehrer: You’ve been criticized for taking so much money from AIPAC, including Republicans. Are you comfortable being the Democratic darling of Republicans?
Latimer: I’ve never changed a policy position based on where funding comes from. Also AIPAC supports Black Democrats.
Latimer says of his assertion monday that Bowman’s constituency is in Dearborn, MI, that the only reason brought it up because because Bowman started a PAC with Rep. Tlaib based there.
WNYC caller mentions Dearborn comment: That was really offensive to a lot of people listening. Do you want to want to make a comment on that?
Latimer explains joint fundraising PAC with Tlaib. Calls it a political attack. “it’s unfounded. he created the PAC with her. not about ethnic composition.”
Latimer just sounds really angry at Bowman, which is really strange considering in a NY Mag story last month he called himself a “reluctant bride” when recruited by AIPAC to run.
Listener: I keep seeing ads saying you’re progressive, which would make sense running against a republican. But you’re not. Who are you?
Latimer says some stuff about LGBTQ, electrifying the bus system, reduce polluted water as county executive. Brings up Bowman voting against infrastructure bill.
A caller asked Latimer about a comment he made comparing the treatment of former Gov. Cuomo to the lynching on Emmett Till. The caller said she was a Black constituent. It’s hard to summarize his response. Will try to get a transcript. It was absolutely deranged. This guy is dangerous.
Here is Jamaal Bowman's primary opponent George Latimer's 2021 now-deleted Facebook post comparing the treatment of then-Governor Andrew Cuomo to the lynching of Emmett Till:
New: A Black caller into the Brian Lehrer Show this morning asked George Latimer—Jamaal Bowman’s primary opponent—about a 2021 comment he made comparing Andrew Cuomo to Emmett Till & how he could support Black constituents.
I've transcribed the shocking exchange.
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What is maybe most enraging about this is how Emmitt Till was lynched, but he *was not hanged*. Like, Latimet truly doesn’t care, or even know, ANYTHING about Till’s murder, but still wants to deploy his dead Black body as a shield for his lecherous old white buddy.
i do not know why, during my lifetime, the Westchester County Executive seat has been exclusively filled by grimy little wackos with terminally misguided aspirations. these dweebs get paid $160k to schlep between Rye and Peekskill but they all want More™️
I remember Latimer being better than average he was County BoL before he became executive, really a shame to see what happens when he got a small bit of power
