Caught on hot mic. Eliot Engel begs for speaking slot at Black Lives
Matter rally: "If I didn't have a primary, I wouldn't care."

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[ [link removed] ]Eliot Engel said about speaking at an event about the unrest in the
Bronx: If I didn't have a primary, I wouldn't care. [ [link removed] ]Eliot Engel said
about speaking at an event about the unrest in the Bronx: If I didn't have
a primary, I wouldn't care.

Today's New York Times headline captured a Congressman's plea to speak at
a Black Lives Matter rally:

Eliot Engel’s Hot Mic Moment: ‘If I Didn’t Have a Primary, I Wouldn’t
Care’

Engel's primary opponent, Bronx principal Jamaal Bowman, says "We need
leaders who understand what we are going through. Jamaal shared that while
driving to pick up his 3-year-old son, he was pulled over for supposedly
not using a blinker. He wound up in jail as his son waited. He reflected,
"When you are locked in a cage, you suddenly are no longer human."

This election's in 3 weeks! The nation's watching this race. We can
replace a 30-year incumbent with a bold progressive!

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More from the New York Times report:

Representative Eliot L. Engel, a New York Democrat who is facing a serious
primary challenge this month and questions about his lack of presence in
his district, arrived on Tuesday at a Bronx news conference about local
vandalism with a determination to speak.

But shortly before the news conference began, Ruben Diaz Jr., the Bronx
borough president and organizer of the event, ran through the list of
planned speakers to the assembled politicians. The microphone was already
broadcasting.

"I cannot have all the electeds talk because we will never get out of
here," Mr. Diaz said.

Mr. Engel pressed his case for a turn. "If I didn’t have a primary, I
wouldn’t care,” he said, repeating, “If I didn’t have a primary, I
wouldn’t care."

His opposition began to consolidate this week as one of his leading
rivals, Andom Ghebreghiorgis, dropped out and endorsed Jamaal Bowman, a
Bronx school principal.

The same day, the Progressive Change Campaign Committee announced its
endorsement of Mr. Bowman, who has the support of several local
progressive leaders, as well as the Working Families Party and Justice
Democrats, a group that supports insurgent progressives.

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Jamaal founded the highest-ranked middle school in New York for improving
students’ test scores. He grew up with a single mother in public housing
and gives voice to America’s families who struggle with an emergency of
high rent, high debt, and high healthcare costs. Unlike Engel, he supports
Medicare For All and a Green New Deal.

In addition to not living in the community, Eliot Engel has taken more
money from weapons manufacturers than 144 House Republicans -- the same
manufacturers that benefit from militarizing local police. Engel's funded
by corporate interests and is a hawk who opposed President Obama's Iran
Deal, like Donald Trump.

Because Engel is so bad, a second progressive was also running against him
in New York's 16th Congressional District. Today, Andom Ghebreghiorgis
dropped out and endorsed Jamaal! He’s also endorsed by the Working
Families Party, Justice Democrats, Zephyr Teachout, and Diane Ravitch.

We need people who have the real, lived experience of working people to be
the ones making our laws and holding the powerful accountable.

Jamaal is rising in the polls, and a victory on June 23 would be seen
nationally as a victory for justice! AOC made history in a district next
door.

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Thanks for being a bold progressive.

-- The PCCC Elections Team

[ [link removed] ]Jamaal Bowman: A few years ago, I was driving home from my teaching job
at an elementary school in the Bronx, on my way to pick up my 3-year-old
son and wind down for the evening. I saw sirens flashing in my rearview
mirror.

[ [link removed] ]This was not the first time I’d been pulled over by the cops, nor would
it be my last. It is something one never gets used to, and every time it
happens your heart skips a beat. You feel guilty even though you didn’t do
anything wrong.

[ [link removed] ]Jamaal Bowman: I remember the officers approaching the vehicle and
telling me I hadn’t properly used a turn signal, and I remember them
taking my license and insurance. I waited for what seemed like forever
with increasing anxiety in every moment.

[ [link removed] ]Jamaal Bowman: When the cops returned, they asked me to step out of
the car, turn around and put my hands behind my back. I don’t remember
asking why or if they just told me that my insurance was suspended. I knew
this wasn’t true, but I didn’t dare open my mouth.

[ [link removed] ]Jamaal Bowman: I was taken to the local police precinct and put in a
cage not much bigger than a bathroom, with two other people, one bench and
one toilet. While one person gets to occupy the bench, the other two are
forced onto the filthy floor.

[ [link removed] ]Jamaal Bowman: When you are locked in a cage, you are suddenly no
longer human. You’re an animal. Your spirit shifts into survival mode.

[ [link removed] ]Jamaal Bowman: I spent what must have been a few hours in one cell
before being transferred via paddy wagon to another cell. I was handcuffed
and placed in the back of a dark van behind a cage. You lose your bearing
because you don’t quite know where you are or where you’re going.

[ [link removed] ]Jamaal Bowman: After spending another few hours in the second cell, I
was released without seeing a judge. No explanation. No apology. No car
either, as it was impounded. I had to borrow money just to get it back the
next day.

[ [link removed] ]Jamaal Bowman: I was grateful to be free and get home to my son and my
mother, who was watching him. We didn’t speak much about the incident
because I was just happy to be home.

[ [link removed] ]Jamaal Bowman: The year before, I was arrested and accused of stealing
my own car because I parked somewhere illegally. My son got to see his
daddy arrested by the police. Once again, I recall being detained for
hours before being released without charge.

[ [link removed] ]Jamaal Bowman: The only way police departments are going to change is
by shrinking their function. Don’t give them funding to harass people like
me. Don’t give them funding to drive through protest crowds like madmen.
Invest in services that actually keep people safe. Then things will
change.

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