Bay Area Houston

He deserved this.

One of “The Squad” members lost his seat in Congress last night in the New York Democratic Primary. Jamaal Bowman was elected to Congress to represent New York District 16 in 2020. He wore out his welcome in just 4 short years and lost his re-election bid by over 16 points. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) had this to say about his 16 point loss “Holy sh*t we are down to only 5 Squad members!” Actually she didn’t say that but she whined during the entire primary.

Bowman wasn’t known for his ability to pass legislation. Like the rest of The Squad he has filed a number of bills but to his credit he had 1 bill signed into law which counted for 25% of the entire Squad. He is more remembered for being arrested on the capitol steps, pulling the fire alarm during a crucial vote on the floor, and running his mouth about extreme positions.

Instead of taking care of his district he joined the other Squad members in their rush to be on TV and co-sponsoring bills that have gone no where including Single Payer, Medicare for All, and the Green New Deal. All were DOA. Instead of working across the aisle to find common ground and move to a more perfect health care system he joined The Squad in complaining and not doing the hard work to pass hard legislation. And passing Single Payer is hard. Ask Senator Bernie Sanders. He has been yelling about this for over 40 years.

You can compare the record of The Squad vs The Insurrectionist Caucus here. Both are extreme. Both can’t pass significant legislation.

Let’s thank Bowman for his service.

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