Progressives Blame Outside Money as Bowman’s Heated Anti-Israel Rhetoric Comes Back to Bite Him

Hours before vote tallies started trickling in Tuesday evening, Representative Jamaal Bowman’s allies on Capitol Hill had already begun laying blame for his long-anticipated loss on the avalanche of outside spending against him — especially the $15 million spent by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s (AIPAC) super PAC.

“It’s hard to battle that type of money,” Representative Maxwell Frost (D., Fla.) told National Review hours before Westchester County executive George Latimer romped to victory in New York’s 16th congressional district. “For me, it’s less of a referendum on any specific issue, but more of a stark reminder of the issue that we see with these large amounts of money coming into our primaries and our elections, and why we need to end Citizens United.”