Northeast
MSNBC's Chris Hayes ripped for claiming Bowman race a 'dead heat' without pro-Israel AIPAC's involvement
MSNBC host Chris Hayes appeared to blame the pro-Israel lobbying group American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) for New York Rep. Jamaal Bowman’s embarrassing primary defeat Tuesday, saying the race would have been a “dead heat” without it.
“[H]aving spent a fair amount of time around members of [C]ongress, a $14 million dollar money bomb is totally bananas and there’s just nothing like it and no candidate anywhere with the ability to deal with it,” Hayes wrote on X, referencing AIPAC putting a reported $14.5 million into the race to remove Bowman, a far-left Israel critic, from office in New York’s 16th Congressional District.
The race was quickly called for Democratic challenger George Latimer, with results showing a double-digit lead early Wednesday morning, a rare and lopsided rebuke of an incumbent by his own party voters.
Bowman has been outspoken about his support for Palestinians amid the war in Gaza and has charged that Israel is committing genocide in the region. In his campaign, Latimer argued that Bowman had lost touch with constituents in his district, and Semafor’s Benjy Sarlin noted to Hayes that AIPAC had focused on the race in part because of Bowman’s polling weaknesses going into this year, such as over his embarrassing fire alarm pulling incident.
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MSNBC host claimed that the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), which supported Westchester County executive George Latimer over Jamaal Bowman for Congress, was the deciding factor in the race. (Getty Images)
“I think w/o AIPAC it’s probably a dead heat of a race and all the motivating factors you note are real and still very much at play,” Hayes wrote to Sarlin.
Hayes’ take came in for swift criticism, as critics noted Bowman’s polling woes were apparent months ago.
“Bowman was down 17 points before AIPAC ever aired an ad in this race,” Tablet’s Noam Blum wrote to Hayes.
“AIPAC could never exist and enough decent human beings still live in Westchester County and the Bronx to be utterly horrified about Jamaal Bowman laughing and mocking off the GoPro’d rapes of women and slaughtering of infants as ‘lies’ and ‘propaganda.’ He did it to himself,” National Review’s Jeff Blehar added.
Bowman’s loss Tuesday night to Latimer made him the first House member of either party to be defeated by a primary challenger so far in the 2024 election cycle. Bowman will also be the first member of the far-left “Squad” to lose his seat after Latimer grabbed the Democratic nomination from him.
Bowman attacked AIPAC multiple times on the campaign trail, saying at a rally on Saturday that he would defeat the organization. AIPAC has become a bogeyman to anti-Israel progressives, who accuse it of holding too much influence over politicians.
“We are going to show f—— AIPAC, the power of the motherf—— South Bronx!” Bowman said at the rally, which was held outside the congressional district’s boundaries. The 16th district does not include the South Bronx.
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Bowman has been outspoken about his support for Palestinians amid the war in Gaza and has charged that Israel is committing genocide in the region. In his campaign, Latimer argued that Bowman had lost touch with his own district. (Getty Images)
On Tuesday night, Bowman apologized for “sometimes using foul language” but said that “we should be outraged when a super PAC of dark money can spend $20 million to brainwash people into believing something that isn’t true. We should be outraged about that.”
Bowman and Latimer’s campaigns did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.
Fox News’ Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report.
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Massachusetts
‘Oh, God! Oh, God!’: Massachusetts couple frightened by huge shark by their boat (WATCH)
A Massachusetts couple, out boating, were startled and frightened by a 20-foot shark this week.
WATCH THE VIDEO HERE
One started videotaping the experience, while the shark came close to the boat.
“Oh, God!, Oh God!” the woman said.
The main responded, “Wow!”
Because the fish was so big, the woman, at first, thought it was a whale, but the man said, “No, that is a shark.”
“That is a shark like I’ve never seen,” said the woman after realizing it was indeed a shark.
The shark swam toward the boat, before the video ends.
New Hampshire
Standoff With SWAT; Crashes; Funnel Cloud Spotted; House, Business Fires: Nearby News NH
CONCORD, NH — Here are the Top 10 most popular stories and posts from around New Hampshire Patch sites last week.
- Several Law Enforcement Agencies And SWAT At Standoff In Merrimack: Update: After several hours of the person not communicating, officers made entry, found the person had a fatal self-inflicted gunshot wound.
- NH Man Who Threatened GOP Presidential Candidates Found Dead In Concord Hospital Garage: Tyler Anderson was found dead in a parking garage on Wednesday night after partially deadlocked jury found him guilty on a single count.
- Cops, FBI Investigating Unattended Death At Concord Hospital Parking Garage: The search for a stop-and-hold subject, possibly armed, in the West End leads to a body found inside a car in a Langley Parkway garage.
- Boy Found Dead In Lake; Hot Rods Torched During House Fire; New Movies; More: PM Patch NH: NH man faces VT bank robbery charge; pols battle during Dobbs anniversary; cops say woman chased man through park in SUV; AG sues TikTok.
- Wrong-Way Driver On 293 In Manchester Causes Serious Head-On Crash: Firefighters worked to extricate one of the victims with serious injuries. A large debris field closed the highway Saturday morning.
- Funnel Cloud Reported In Manchester As NH Under Tornado Watch: The National Weather Service issued tornado warnings for several communities.
- Lightning Strikes House, Funnel Spotted During T-Storms, Tornado Watches: PM Patch NH: Also: Gun threat in city garage; indictments; wrestlers compete; wrong-way driver crash; report says fire chief violated town policies.
- Crashes At Tollbooth; Corpse Abuse Arrests; Motorcyclist Stopped; More: Nearby News NH: Also: Fatal house fire; biker flees crash; homeless sex offender, convicted 7 times, arrested again; fugitive alert; political notes; more.
- Computer Glitch Temporarily Closes Liquor Stores; Ruggles Mine Reopens; More: PM Patch NH: Also: Libertarian Party VP stumps in NH; Patch, news partners win awards; crashes; D’Allesandro podcast; a castle in the clouds, for sale.
- Concord Police Investigating Gun Threat Incident At Durgin Block Garage On School Street: Security footage and witness testimony assist officers in arresting at least one man on Friday night in Downtown Concord.
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