11 minutes ago60-35: That was the deep loss Elliot Engel suffered in his district.
Periskopi(6 years ago)
(6 years ago)Of the 92% reported results, Congressman Eliot Engel turns out to have suffered deep losses to his challenger, Jamaal Bowman, thus losing his seat in Congress after 31 years. Congressman Engel entered the preliminary race following numerous criticisms he received because he had not been in the elector district at all [...]
Congressman Engel entered the preliminary race after the numerous criticisms he received because he had not been in his electors' district at the time of the David-19 pandemic.
But another scandal came out a few weeks ago when a local television taped it until it said that “would not protest racism unless it had elections”. This had angered his party, which strongly functions against brutal police violence against the black community.
In the elections held yesterday, Engel has suffered deep losses in the district of 16 by progressive candidate Jamaal Bowman.
60.5 percent has received Bowman, who was supported by other progressive Democrats like Bernie Saunders, Elizabeth Warren and Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, writes Periscope. While Engel has earned only 35.6 percent.
Engel on the other side received the support of party veterans like Hillary Clinton, Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi.
The 73-year-old is expected to retire politically after this embarrassing loss. He was very attached to the Israeli lobby, but also to the Albanian-American lobby. Engel had been Kosovo's biggest supporter in Congress, fearing for our country's freedom, independence, and finally our army.
Periscop has kept them informed constantly of Engel's election contest. /Periscope
