Tonight as we celebrate, we don't just celebrate me as an individual.

We celebrate this movement, a movement designed to push back against a system that's literally

killing us, is killing us mentally, psychologically and spiritually.

On June 23rd, in New York State's Democratic primary election, a former middle school

principal named Jamal Bowman claimed victory in his insurgent campaign for Congress.

The absentee ballots are still being counted, but Bowman has a substantial lead over the

incumbent, Elliot Engel, a 16-term congressman and chair of the powerful House Foreign Affairs

Committee.

Let me tell you something right now.

Elliot Engel, and I'll say his name once, used to say that he was adorned on the side

of Donald Trump.

But you know what Donald Trump is more afraid of than anyone, anything else?

A black man with power.

New York's 16th congressional district is majority black in Hispanic.

It includes the Bronx, but also stretches north into some very wealthy white suburbs.

In the past, Engel, who is white and 73 years old, has pretty much cruised to re-election.

But lately, he's taken some heat, for riding out the coronavirus pandemic at his home in

Maryland, while his district was hard hit.

And then, at a news conference on racism and police brutality, Engel was heard on a hot

mic, appearing to say he wanted to speak only because he was facing a primary challenge.

A challenge from Jamal Bowman.

Bowman is black in his 40s and ran on a platform of Medicare for all, agreeing to deal, canceling

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