I spent the last 4 days w @JamaalBowmanNY riding around #NY16 on a big yellow school bus (w dope playlists).
Today it's clear that Jamaal won. We took down the candidate backed by HRC + Cuomo + Pelosi + corporate million$$$.
But the bus tour showed me something else.
Today it's clear that Jamaal won. We took down the candidate backed by HRC + Cuomo + Pelosi + corporate million$$$.
But the bus tour showed me something else.
Jamaal spending endless time talking to young black men who say all politicians are liars & that the country is unfixable. Most weren't registered Dems and so couldn't vote for him - one even a paid Engel canvasser.
Jamaal: "That used to be me."
Jamaal: "That used to be me."
Two little black girls coming up shyly and asking to have their picture taken with this "celebrity".
Crowds of wealthy white suburbanites giving Jamaal standing ovations.
Bus drivers inexplicably recognizing him from behind and slowing down to honk their support.
Crowds of wealthy white suburbanites giving Jamaal standing ovations.
Bus drivers inexplicably recognizing him from behind and slowing down to honk their support.
People all across the NE Bronx remembering him as the principal of CASA Middle School where they or their family members went. Them sprinting across streets and stopping their cars in traffic to say hi, and say how their whole families were voting for him.
Teenage volunteers running hundred-person phonebanks (@sunrisemvmt like whoa), running staging locations & poll watching operations, covering every sidewalk & social media channel in the district with creative Jamaal love.
In the scarred earth of 2020, a new future for America is taking seed. Whether sprouts like the #NY16 results grow into a forest - that part is up to us.
Proud to be here with @justicedems @mvmtschool and leaders like Jamaal.
Proud to be here with @justicedems @mvmtschool and leaders like Jamaal.
