Ex-Squad Rep. Jamaal Bowman whines in cringey video he wasnt interviewed about DSA as Dem rift grows

He keeps setting off alarms.Former “Squad” Rep.

Jamaal Bowman epically whined Monday that the New York Times didn’t interview him for an article detailing black and Latino leaders’ fears that the Democratic Socialists of America is erasing minority voices.The DSA diehard posted a cringey X video contending the report — which inspired fellow black pol Queens Borough President Donovan Richards to approvingly quip that the DSA is “white supremacy” — instead elevated a Democratic establishment lobbyist over him.“Am I not a black leader in the community?” he moaned, launching into a nearly two-minute tirade over his supposed worthiness for a Gray Lady interview.Bowman — who lost a 2024 re-election bid after he infamously yanked a fire alarm in a Capitol office building — closed his rant by acknowledging the growing political divide between establishment Dems and the DSA.But while Bowman contended the DSA stands for working-class voters, many of his fellow black pols, as well as Latino leaders, view the largely lily-white lefty faction with a mix of skepticism and outright alarm.The consternation boiled over after Mayor Zohran Mamdani endorsed DSA congressional candidates Darializa Avila Chevalier and Claire Valdez in June’s Democratic primary over incumbent Rep.Adriano Espaillat and Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso, pols with proven track records and minority backgrounds.Mamdani’s picks won, stoking chatter that the DSA is pushing the Democrats so far left that even progressives aren’t safe.Insiders told The Post a number of other black and minority background leaders were elated over Richards, a liberal Democrat, taking aim at the majority white group’s racial blind spot.Even though the group endorses diverse slates, the candidates are rarely from the neighborhood and are little more than mouthpieces for the group, insiders said.“Donovan Richards was heroic,” said David Paterson, the moderate black former governor and onet...

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