Embattled Dem Rep. Jamaal Bowman enlisted heavy artillery from his party’s progressive wing for a weekend rally in The Bronx, but viral clips of cringey on-stage antics from him and the event’s star speakers overshadowed the message.
Footage from Saturday’s campaign rally at St. Mary’s Park in Mott Haven showed the badly struggling incumbent and fellow “Squad’ member Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez acting like buffoons from the stage, gifting the Internet with heaps of unintentional humor.
AOC kicked things off by stomping around on stage to a blaring Cardi B song, appearing to try to summon the pomp of a superstar rapper about to perform her biggest hit to an adoring crowd.
The rally was a last-minute attempt to gin up support for Bowman ahead of Tuesday’s primary election, in which the two-term rep trails moderate Democratic challenger George Latimer by double digits in the district covering southern Westchester County and a portion of The Bronx.
Not to be outdone by AOC, other footage showed Bowman, the sleeves of his yellow t-shirt rolled up, grabbing a stool from the Bronx rally stage, waving it in the air and slamming it down while leading the crowd in a chant of, “Cease-fire now!” in video shared on X by Freedomnews.tv.
Another clip showed the besieged congressman doing windmills with his arms to rally the crowd, jumping up and down, before bellowing, “We gonna show them who the f–k we are!” to raucous applause.
