New York Rep. Ritchie Torres blasted Squad member Rep. Jamaal Bowman for his expletive-laced tirade at a rally he hosted with fellow progressive Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as “outrageous.”
“The level of profanity here is shockingly unbecoming of a member of Congress,” Torres, who left the Congressional Progressive Caucus earlier this year over differences over Israel, wrote on X. “Jamaal Bowman’s erratic denunciations bear no resemblance to the decency of the people I know in the South Bronx.”
During the speech At an expletive-filled rally in the Bronx, Bowman blasted the American Israel Public Affairs Political Action Committee (AIPAC), a pro-Israel advocacy group that is backing his Democratic primary opponent, Westchester County Mayor George Latimer.
“We’re going to show f***ing AIPAC the power of the f***ing South Bronx,” Bowman said at a rally Saturday at St. Mary’s Park in Mott Haven. “You ask me why I’m being f***ing abusive. What am I supposed to do? They’re coming after me! They’re coming after my family! They’re coming after my children! Shouldn’t I fight back?”
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Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.), on the left, criticized Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) after an expletive-filled rally in the Bronx. (Getty Images)
“We’re going to show them who we are!” he added, bouncing around the stage.
Rep. Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) endorsed Bowman in a progressive rally. The incumbent Democrat is trailing Latimer by double digits ahead of Tuesday’s primary in New York’s 16th Congressional District, which includes parts of Westchester County and the Bronx. A video that went viral also showed fellow “Squad” member Ocasio-Cortez forcefully letting her hair down, slamming the podium and knocking over a microphone. During her speech, she shouted out loud as sexually explicit lyrics from Cardi B’s song “Enough” played over the speakers.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) speaks at a rally for Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) in St. Mary’s Park in the Bronx on June 22, 2024. (David Dee Delgado/Getty Images)
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At another moment, Bowman, wearing a yellow T-shirt with rolled up sleeves, swung a wooden chair up and down on a stage in the Bronx, then led the crowd in chants of “Cease now, ceasefire now.”
Bowman is at risk of losing his seat amid a divide between progressives and moderates in the Democratic Party over the war between Israel and Hamas.
Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) waves a chair during a rally in St. Mary’s Park on June 22, 2024 in the Bronx borough of New York City. (David Dee Delgado/Getty Images)
Some of Latimer’s more prominent supporters include former Rep. Mondaire Jones (D-N.Y.) and Hillary Clinton.
Torres has not publicly endorsed anyone in the race, telling Axios last week that her “principle is that I’m not going to oppose any Democrat that doesn’t speak out against me.”
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“However, Mr. Bowman’s unfair attacks on my character may cause me to reconsider this rule. Stay tuned,” Torres said.
