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PREVIEW: ANTISEMITISM: Conversation with Mike Wagenheim, I24News, re the recent Democratic primary in Westchester County, NY that saw a moderate Democrat defeat a member of the so-called "squad" of Progressives in the House of Representatives. And lessons

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John Batchelor

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🗓️ 11 July 2024

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PREVIEW: ANTISEMITISM: Conversation with Mike Wagenheim, I24News, re the recent Democratic primary in Westchester County, NY that saw a moderate Democrat defeat a member of the so-called "squad" of Progressives in the House of Representatives. And lessons learned. More tonight.

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0:00.0

This is John Batcher.

0:02.0

Conversation with Malcolm Homeline Conference of Presidents Major American Jewish Organizations,

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my colleague.

0:07.7

We spoke with Mike Wagonheim, Senior U.S. Correspondent I-24 News, that's Israel.

0:13.7

We spoke of the Bowman-Latimer race in Westchester County,

0:18.0

won by Latimer.

0:20.0

Bowman was a controversial figure

0:22.3

and became more so during the campaign making remarks that were

0:26.3

clearly meant to be provocative about Israel.

0:30.3

Mike draws several lessons from this and especially for the Democratic Party's

0:35.1

center, the moderate Democrats. Here's Mike Wagonheim, political reporter,

0:40.6

Senior US Correspondent I24 news, more of this tonight.

0:45.0

You know, the Bowman, it got so much attention, number one, because there was so much

0:50.4

money poured into it and simply because Bowman is a higher profile

0:54.4

representative from a major media area but most of those members of this so-called

0:59.2

squad the hard progressive anti-Israel left are pretty comfortably ensconced in their seats

1:06.7

and aren't really facing competitive re-election campaigns. I think the outlier in that is

1:12.3

Corey Bush down in St. Louis.

1:14.8

So I'm not really sure what kind of trends we're really looking at here in terms of the vote

1:21.5

when it comes to anti-semitism itself. I think the the downfall of

1:27.8

Jamal Bowman certainly sent a message. I think it sent a message of the strength that AIPAC and pro-Israel groups can have when they want to use it.

1:38.0

And I think it also sent a message to maybe middle of the road, Democrats. a

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