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The 7

Wednesday, June 26, 2024

The 7

The Washington Post

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🗓️ 26 June 2024

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Wednesday briefing: New York primary results; Lauren Boebert; Biden veteran pardons; Evan Gershkovich; NBA draft; and more


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0:00.0

Results are in from some key primary elections.

0:07.0

President Biden will announce pardons for veterans,

0:10.0

and we'll see how spending habits have changed since the 1970s.

0:15.0

That's some of what we'll get to on the 7 from the Washington Post.

0:18.0

I'm Hannah Jewel. It's Wednesday, June 26th.

0:21.0

Let's get you caught up with today's 7 stories. Number one, primary

0:28.6

elections took place in New York and Colorado yesterday. In New York's 16th Congressional District, county official George Latimer

0:36.8

defeated the incumbent Representative Jamal Bowman in the Democratic primary.

0:40.8

It was a bitter race that divided the candidates on the topics of race, class, and Israel.

0:47.0

Bowman's defeat represents a major blow to the most liberal contingent of the House Democratic

0:52.1

Caucus.

0:53.3

Latimer spoke to his supporters last night after his victory.

0:57.1

We have to look at the arguments of the far right and the far left and say, you cannot destroy this country with your rhetoric and your arguments.

1:08.0

This was the most expensive House primary in history.

1:11.4

Latimer was aided by massive spending against Bowman, who's been highly critical of

1:16.0

Israel's war in Gaza.

1:18.0

A prominent pro-Israel lobbying group called AIPAC spent more than $14 million on ads supporting Latimer.

1:25.0

Bowman spoke to his supporters last night about his defeat.

1:27.8

We should be outraged when, unfortunately, some... when unfortunately some so-called Democrats are lining themselves

1:37.4

with radical racist right-wing Republicans. We should be outraged about that.

1:43.2

And over in Colorado, Representative Lauren Bobert won a Republican primary in a new district.

1:49.3

She had decided not to seek re-election in her current more competitive one where she barely

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