Black lawmakers rally behind Engel in primary fight
Source: The Hill
BY SCOTT WONG AND MIKE LILLIS - 06/15/20 03:41 PM EDT
Powerful Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) members are rallying behind longtime Rep. Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.) as he fends off a tough primary challenge from a progressive African American candidate, Jamaal Bowman.
Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-S.C.), whose endorsement helped propel Joe Biden to the presidential nomination, and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), the caucus chairman seen as the heir apparent to Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-N.Y.), threw their support behind Engel, a pro-Israel Jewish American and 16-term House veteran, over the weekend.
So has the influential House Financial Services Committee chairwoman, Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), and the CBCs political action committee, led by another powerful New York Democrat, Rep. Greg Meeks, the Queens party boss. Engel also is backed by Carl Heastie, the first black Speaker of the New York state Assembly whose Bronx district overlaps with Engels.
Black Democrats are not criticizing Bowman, whose campaign has tapped into the national anger over police brutality and institutional racism that has inspired tens of thousands of protesters to take to the streets of New York and other U.S. cities in recent weeks.
Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/house/502801-black-lawmakers-rally-behind-engel-in-primary-fight
The CBC recognized Engel's excellent, long-time record in Congress, and also knows the importance of this year's elections.
HUGE endorsements from top, powerful Democrats.
Squinch
(50,993 posts)principal would be complete madness.
George II
(67,782 posts)LiberalFighter
(51,044 posts)At least those "Establishment Democrats" know what they are doing and won't be self-destructing.
empedocles
(15,751 posts)Magoo48
(4,720 posts)We all vote blue.
Lockstep, Party line not required.
empedocles
(15,751 posts)Vote to win
George II
(67,782 posts)rooboy
(9,446 posts)
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https://theintercept.com/2020/06/15/gop-republican-super-pac-eliot-engel-jamaal-bowman/
scipan
(2,356 posts)George II
(67,782 posts)Do you have any evidence to the contrary?
scipan
(2,356 posts)Link to tweet
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George II
(67,782 posts)... NOT that he wouldn't have been there if he wasn't in a primary. He had another event to attend.
If it was the way you WISHED it happened, surely Rubin Diaz would not be endorsing him.
Next?