Ocasio-Cortez endorses Bowman over incumbent Engel

[brooklynite]

Source: Politico

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has endorsed Jamaal Bowman in his primary challenge against longtime Democratic incumbent Rep. Eliot Engel in New York's 16th congressional district — the latest signal that Engel may be in danger of losing a seat he has held since 1989.

"This moment requires renewed and revitalized leadership across the country AND at the ballot box," Ocasio-Cortez said in a tweet Wednesday night. "Tonight, I am endorsing @JamaalBowmanNY for Congress."

Bowman, a public school principal who has been gaining momentum in the race, has leveled many of the same criticisms against Engel that Ocasio-Cortez did in her own upset win against Joe Crowley in 2018: that he's a Washington insider who's out of touch with his district.

Engel didn't help his image Tuesday when was overheard on a hot mic saying he sought press attention at a local event on the unrest over police brutality only because of his upcoming primary threat.

Read more: https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/albany/story/2020/06/03/ocasio-cortez-endorses-bowman-over-incumbent-engel-1290778

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Engel is probably the most vulnerable Congressperson in NYC.

[The Magistrate]

1. That 'Hot Mic' Comment Could Sink Him, Sir

If that was an honest expression of feeling, rather than some gallows humor about unexpectedly facing a real challenge, he deserves to go, whatever his stature and other bona fides.