Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., may only be in his second term in the House of Representatives, but he is not wasting any time trying to shake up the system. He has recently and very publicly challenged GOP members of Congress, from Marjorie Taylor Greene to Thomas Massie on issues from saving lives from gun violence to the need to expel indicted serial liar Rep. George Santos from Congress. He has even broken ranks with many Democrats on certain issues, such as standing up for Palestinian rights, and opposing government bans of TikTok. We discussed that and more on "Salon Talks," where Bowman did not hold back.
Bowman shared his view that some GOP members of Congress oppose laws to reduce deaths by gun violence because they are motivated by the racist "great replacement theory," which falsely claims that white people are being systematically replaced by people of color. Bowman explained why this fear makes Republicans OK about more "illegal guns being trafficked into poor Black and brown communities, which leads to more Black and brown people being killed." On the danger posed by white supremacist terrorism, an issue recently amplified by President Biden, Bowman wants to see the federal government use "any means necessary we have to address this threat."
