Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., pulled out the race card to defend his record amid calls of antisemitism earlier this week, the New York Post reported.

“That is why AIPAC’s [American Israel Public Affairs Committee] is coming after us, coming after us with hate, coming after us with bullying, intimidation, and fear. You should see what they’re doing in my district,” Bowman said at a virtual town hall on Monday.

Bowman, who represents the 16th Congressional District of New York, is battling Westchester County Executive George Latimer in the Democratic primary.

Bowman has received less than positive press of late due to his fiery anti-Israel sentiment and bizarre antics. In October of last year, he pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor count of pulling a fire alarm in the Cannon House Office Building in hopes of delaying a vote to avert a partial government shutdown.

Bowman claimed that AIPAC is lying about his record: “They don’t like my style. I’m a little too radical; I’m a member of the ‘Squad.’ They want to call me the N-word, but they know they can’t get away with that, so they say everything else.”

Bowman has previously accused Israel of “genocide” in the Gaza Strip following the country’s response to the Hamas attacks of Oct. 7, and he called the reports of atrocities against Israeli women and children “propaganda.”

“Rep. Bowman’s scurrilous and shameful attacks won’t hide his record of aligning with an extremist, anti-Israel fringe. We back candidates based solely on their support for the U.S.-Israel relationship; and we have proudly endorsed dozens of pro-Israel progressives, including nearly half of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, Black Caucus, and Hispanic Caucus,” said AIPAC spokesman Marshall Wittmann.

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