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It might be time for Rep. Jamaal Bowman to pull another fire alarm. Today, Politico has a story about his reversal on the question of whether or not Hamas militants sexually assaulted Israeli women during the 10/7 attack on Israel. More than a month after the attack, Rep. Bowman told a pro-Palestinian gathering in White Plains, NY that those reports were a “lie” and “propaganda.” Here’s video.
SCOOP: In the weeks after Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel, Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) not only publicly cast doubt on reports that Israeli women were raped, but also called those accusations “propaganda,” according to a previously unreported post on TikTok. https://t.co/Vb2dJdUgcK pic.twitter.com/DpXqRmcBS2— Daniel Lippman (@dlippman) March 26, 2024
There’s a bit of bait and switch happening here. On the day he made those comments Rep. Bowman gave an interview to a local news outlet in which he sounded much less extreme. “We don’t want anyone to be killed. What happened on October 7 was horrible and I condemn that and we condemn it,” he said in a much calmer voice. So it’s one face for the ceasefire protesters and a different one for the media even on the same day. Maybe Bowman thought his comments about rape claims being a lie hadn’t been captured on video?
Whatever the case, as of last week Rep. Bowman was singing a very different tune.
Asked about those remarks on Thursday outside the House floor, Bowman declined to talk about them on the record.
