Althouse: Jamaal Bowman.

October 3, 2023

Jamaal Bowman.

I haven't said "Jamaal Bowman" yet. Everyone else has said "Jamaal Bowman" before I did, so I feel listless and unhelpful. And yet the pressure of not saying "Jamaal Bowman" is too much to bear.

70 comments:

mikee said...: The clown car has lots of clowns in it. Don't feel obliged to make note of every single clown. Save your effort for the ones with the buckets of whitewash and cream pies.; 10/3/23, 11:06 AM
Maynard said...: How long before Rich/Chuck/lonejustice pull the fire alarm on this thread?; 10/3/23, 11:08 AM
CJinPA said...: "Jamaal Bowman" is a fire alarm bloggers can pull when they need to write about something in the news.; 10/3/23, 11:10 AM
rhhardin said...: He just seems not too bright. Is that news?; 10/3/23, 11:14 AM
The Crack Emcee said...: Like "Draymond Green," it's got it's charms.; 10/3/23, 11:19 AM
FullMoon said...: Did he make it to his crucial vote on time? Did the doors open when he pulled the alarm?
It seems that if there were an actual fire, and doors were locked, pulling the alarm would, indeed, open the doors to allow escape.

If not, pretty poor situation.; 10/3/23, 11:20 AM
Humperdink said...: Say it slowly: “Jamaal is the victim”. Repeat as necessary.; 10/3/23, 11:21 AM
RideSpaceMountain said...: Point of order. That's not how one should address him.

Jamaal Bowman, Insurrectionist. If you please.; 10/3/23, 11:21 AM
Rich said...: ‘When you've dug yourself into a hole, stop digging.’

Bowman really needs to chill. He is starting to become a real embarrassment. Own your mistake, apologize and move on.; 10/3/23, 11:25 AM
Ironclad said...: George Santos has a competitor for crazy train What IS it about NY that produces these aberrations?; 10/3/23, 11:30 AM
Don B. said...: No need.; 10/3/23, 11:33 AM
Jupiter said...: Don't do it. Don't cave. You're better than that!; 10/3/23, 11:40 AM
Rocco said...: "I feel listless and unhelpful."

Listless? Here ya go:
- Born in NYC
- Lives in Yonkers
- Master's degree in counselor education from Mercy College; Ed.D. in organizational leadership from Manhattanville College.
- Married to Melissa Oppenheimer; 3 children.
- Elected in 2020
- In 2020/21 served on two committees and 4 sub-committees.
- No current committes
- In his career, voted "Yes" on 20 bills, "No" on 3.
- On 30 Sept 2023, he pulled a fire alarm violating several statues, and could face 30 years in prison, formenting a terrifying insurrection forever to be known as "S30".
- Strict vegan.; 10/3/23, 11:51 AM
MadisonMan said...: The laughable thing about this is the people rushing to defend his actions.
Why not just say "Yeah, I don't know what happened, but what a bonehead move!"; 10/3/23, 12:02 PM
rehajm said...: "Jamaal Bowman!" I'm in...; 10/3/23, 12:03 PM
wildswan said...: We know he'll suffer no consequences of any kind and he knew it the time. Fun for him. His constituents in Yonkers aren't getting educated and are getting murdered but he won't pull a fire alarm over that. They're Dems, they'll vote for him any way.; 10/3/23, 12:09 PM
n.n said...: Bowman agrees, which is why he engaged in criminal mischief to disrupt governmental solitude, and garner attention, perchance to delay the People's work.; 10/3/23, 12:11 PM
William said...: I dindt do nuffin, man.; 10/3/23, 12:13 PM
Lem the artificially intelligent said...: Bowman was born to pull the fire alarm.

The verdict of destiny is final.; 10/3/23, 12:13 PM
gspencer said...: Do you mean the Jamaal Bowman who before being a Member of Congress was a school principal during which employment he conducted fire drills so that student-children would know to leave the school building orderly?

That Jamaal? Being the same Jamaal who said that he thought the fire alarm device next to a door was an automatic door-opener activator.

Best and the Brightest.; 10/3/23, 12:23 PM
Freeman Hunt said...: Are certain members assigned to make sure the dumbest takes are voiced so that they can be committed to the record?

"'Jamaal Bowman must be treated exactly the same as Jan 6 defendants,' wrote Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene,"; 10/3/23, 12:31 PM
Big Mike said...: Straight from The New Republic:

Representative Jamaal Bowman pulled a fire alarm. Republicans pounced. [My emphasis.]

You. Cannot. Make. This. Up. No one is supposed to notice when a Democrat commits a criminal act, because Democrats.; 10/3/23, 12:37 PM
Owen said...: Too bad you said it. He’s already been stuffed headfirst down the memory hole, and if you had held out just a little longer, you’d have faced no further pressure to add your voice to the vast chorus tearing his name to bits.

Poor guy: all he does is fumble his exit from the building —just this one time!— and the hater GOP pounces all over him. And you? Isn’t this a MeToo move? A late hit on a guy just trying to find his way home?; 10/3/23, 12:39 PM
Tim said...: He's just another leftist lunatic who wants to run your life. Thanks, New York.; 10/3/23, 12:42 PM
Mason G said...: Listening to the MSM, the memes just write themselves.

"Who are you going to believe- me or your lying eyes?"
"These aren't the droids you're looking for."

"We know they are lying, they know they are lying, they know we know they are lying, we know they know we know they are lying, but they are still lying." – Attributed to Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn; 10/3/23, 12:44 PM
rcocean said...: Jamaal = A congressman so stupid he can't understand what a fire alarm is for. Does his Mommy dress him in the morning?; 10/3/23, 12:47 PM
rcocean said...: Yeah, the cons flock to this kind of issue online. Meaningless Distraction theater.; 10/3/23, 12:47 PM
loudogblog said...: I think that the reason that so many people have latched on to this story is because his excuse is a logically indefensible lie. He totally jumped the shark with this one.

He obviously knows how fire alarms work because he was a school principal. (They don't open doors. In fact, many buildings have fire alarm systems that actually close doors, to keep the fire from spreading. Those doors are normally held open with electromagnets and when the alarm is pulled, the magnets are turned off and the doors automatically close.) Also, the door that he claimed that he was trying to exit through had three big red signs saying that these doors were "emergency exit only." Since he's worked in that building for a few years, the odds are high that knew that, too. And assuming that he didn't remember that those doors were emergency exit only, there were three big red signs to tell him that. Does he also want us to believe that he doesn't know how to read?; 10/3/23, 12:52 PM
NorthOfTheOneOhOne said...: At least Bowman ONLY pulled the fire alarm!

Masturbating Protesters Interrupt Black Conservative Event at UW-Madison; 10/3/23, 12:56 PM
roger said...: Try saying Entitled Fool. Perhaps that would more bearable.; 10/3/23, 12:58 PM
rotator said...: Be not concerned, at worst there will be a nolle prosequi after a few years of investigation
or in 3 yrs there will be a brief court appearance and a sentencing to community service for 50 hours.; 10/3/23, 1:07 PM
Temujin said...: I've been holding my breath, wondering if you would ever utter His name. Thank you.; 10/3/23, 1:20 PM
wendybar said...: I haven't either because I already know because of his skin color and political "D" after his name, he can do and say whatever he wants with no consequences.; 10/3/23, 1:23 PM
Michelle Dulak Thomson said...: For what it's worth, the thing that puzzles me most is that Bowman says he was in a hurry to the chamber to vote in favor of something, while the Dems actually in the Capitol (until he forcibly evacuated them) were trying frantically to stall a vote. Someone smarter than I can resolve the discrepancy.; 10/3/23, 1:55 PM
Anga2010 said...: Who?; 10/3/23, 1:57 PM
Michael Fitzgerald said...: Racist.; 10/3/23, 2:08 PM
Narr said...: What Prof said. (That guy is no astrophysicist, that's for sure.)

"Listless" is an interesting word. Does it mean lacking (a list of) things to do?; 10/3/23, 2:15 PM
Saint Croix said...: ha ha ha

When I was a kid and my mom was in a "parent-teacher conference" and they were having a discussion about me, the trouble-maker, or possibly my brother, one of us pulled the fire alarm.

What I didn't know -- because I had never pulled a fire alarm before -- is that the fire alarm is loud as shit. And my mom and my teacher -- might have been a principal, damn if I can remember -- came out into the hallway. And there was no fire, just me and my brother standing there next to the fire alarm, pointing fingers at each other.

Anyway, they called the fire department and they recalled the fire truck and it went back to the firehouse. Nobody arrested me, probably because I was 9 or 10, and my brother was 6 or 7.

I don't know if I was in trouble. Maybe I was just bored! "Hey, Ted, why don't you pull the fire alarm and see what happens." I'm just glad there's a presumption of innocence.; 10/3/23, 2:16 PM
Iman said...: Democracy Dies, Dumbass Democrat Decamps.; 10/3/23, 2:28 PM
robother said...: I find it helps get over the reluctance if you reaaaaalllly drag out the Jamaaaaal. But, even so, you must at all costs resist the urge to pounce. Make Althouse a No Pounce Zone.; 10/3/23, 2:31 PM
Quaestor said...: When you said it, did you make the appropriate awwwwww sound for that double-a vowel? If not, try it again. Don’t be listless and unhelpful.; 10/3/23, 3:06 PM
donald said...: It wasn’t a mistake. It was a crime asshole.; 10/3/23, 3:13 PM
Yancey Ward said...: He just didn't realize there was a camera there. He got caught and should have just confessed right from the start- the media would have buried it quickly.; 10/3/23, 3:16 PM
donald said...: I know a couple of things. Officiating baseball and architectural door hardware. I know everything as does louddogblog guy. The guy ran fire drills. He’s a liar and he’s a criminal. People are doing hard time in federal prison for less. I’ve decided to cross a personal rubicon. I hate democrats. When the time comes, I’ll remember who each one is. There has to be a reckoning. And yeah, it’s this piece of shit scumbag who has pushed me over that line. The only decent thing for the democrat party to do is expel this guy. They won’t, because they think they’re gonna keep up this evil forever. We’ll see bitches. Man am I pissed.; 10/3/23, 3:26 PM
Jim at said...: Own your mistake, apologize and move on.

How precious. A 'mistake.'; 10/3/23, 3:30 PM
William said...: Not everyone has mentioned Jamaal. His misadventure has not been reported on the ABC Network News. I don't think this will be a fun skit on SNL or John Oliver. He'll win re-election with an increased margin of victory.; 10/3/23, 3:43 PM
Fred Drinkwater said...: I committed a similar act, but worse: it was at a military base.

My excuse is also similar: I had the brain of a 7 year old.; 10/3/23, 3:44 PM
wendybar said...: O/T Kevin McCarthy is OUT!!; 10/3/23, 3:49 PM
Sheridan said...: Never explain, never apologize. That's the mantra of the professional politician. Jamaal and Prince Andrew both screwed-up.; 10/3/23, 3:50 PM
JRoberts said...: One of the TV pundits commented that pulling a fire alarm to disrupt official proceedings is the kind of stunt that Republicans are known for. Yeah, right.

Evidently, they've forgotten about the false fire alarms used to disrupt proceedings in Madison when Scott Walker was Governor.

Evidently, they've forgotten about the false fire alarms used to disrupt proceedings in Austin by Wendy Davis and her crew.

There's far more, but this is a forgetful group - when it comes to their assaults on democracy.; 10/3/23, 3:55 PM
Joe Smith said...: Why do blacks keep electing people who are clearly not very smart?

It makes them look bad as a group.

As if the don't give a fuck about anything but keeping the gravy train going.; 10/3/23, 3:57 PM
rehajm said...: Freeman Hunt said...
Are certain members assigned to make sure the dumbest takes are voiced so that they can be committed to the record?

"'Jamaal Bowman must be treated exactly the same as Jan 6 defendants,' wrote Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene,"

I’m opposed to this take on dumb takes. It’s a dumb take. Why the asymmetry? Do we just expect and accept dumb takes from the mouths of Democrats?; 10/3/23, 3:58 PM
Original Mike said...: Blogger Rich said..."Bowman really needs to chill. He is starting to become a real embarrassment. Own your mistake, apologize and move on."

And you think it was a "mistake" because…?; 10/3/23, 4:07 PM
The Vault Dweller said...: Well you've now said his name 3 times so I'm pretty sure you've summoned him. At least I think that's how it works. It is either him or Beetlejuice. If it is Beetlejuice watch out for Lauren Boebert.; 10/3/23, 4:07 PM
Kevin said...: If Trump did that he'd be impeached.; 10/3/23, 4:13 PM
Iowan2 said...: fff; 10/3/23, 4:20 PM
Patrick Henry was right! said...: I take it from your famously dry wit that you are perfectly ok with what he did and the real reason he did it. One more step away from the Red pill. It's never gonna happen.; 10/3/23, 4:31 PM
Iman said...: this jamaal bowman
as dumb as a fucking rock
a born democrat; 10/3/23, 5:23 PM
FullMoon said...: The attempt by Jamaal to stall the vote is reminiscent of 2011,"A planned state Senate vote on slashing Wisconsin public worker pensions and curbing their unions stalled Thursday after Senate Democrats apparently fled the state.

The contentious vote was postponed because the 33-member Senate must have 20 present for a quorum and not a single Democrat attended. There are only 19 Republicans so at least one Democrat must be present for the Senate to open business.

Police have been sent out to look for the wayward lawmakers, the Associated Press reported. A source said it appeared that the Democrats had boarded a bus headed for Iowa."

Althouse and Meade ventured into the midst of the psycho protesters, risking life and limb to observe and report.; 10/3/23, 5:31 PM
mccullough said...: Derelict; 10/3/23, 6:30 PM
Friendo said...: Maynord@11:28 - you, sir, are brilliant.; 10/3/23, 6:54 PM
Buckwheathikes said...: Don't say Jammal Bowman.

Just say al Qaeda won.

It's much easier. If al Qaeda had lost on 9-11, nobody named Jammal or Barack would exist any more in the United States. They would be dead. And they certainly wouldn't be the President of the old United States.; 10/3/23, 6:54 PM
Owen said...: Michelle Dulak Thomson @ 1:55: Your comment prompts me to ask, does nobody have the knowledge, skill (and esp. the courage) to diagram where in three-dimensional space, this clown Bowman happened to be when he pulled the alarm, relative to where he said he wanted to be to make the vote happen, or relative to where he would like to be if he wanted to duck the vote? This kind of basic timeline/mapping is, like, the first job of forensic investigators.

Let me guess, that the geography of Mr. Bowman's location vis-a-vis the chamber where votes were being collected, is not favorable to his "alibi."; 10/3/23, 6:58 PM
Scott Patton said...: Make sure to pronounce it right.; 10/3/23, 7:52 PM
walter said...: Jamaal and Hank Johnson 2021!; 10/3/23, 8:23 PM
Matt said...: Jamaal Bowman, (D)omestic Terrorist; 10/3/23, 9:41 PM
Drago said...: LLR Rich: "Bowman really needs to chill. He is starting to become a real embarrassment. Own your mistake, apologize and move on."

Original Mike: "And you think it was a "mistake" because…?"

LOL

LLR Rich, in typical LLR C**** fashion, knows perfectly it was no mistake.

But "mistake" is the gaslighting lie the dems are using so our LLR's always go out of their way to insert those talking points into their comments.

Transparently dishonest and stupid really. However, these idiot gaslighters really do seem to think its effective in serving the dems interests at Althouse blog.; 10/3/23, 9:48 PM
gadfly said...: Bowman is a nut case. He proposed giving Israel a billion dollars to expand its Iron Dome missile defense but voted against the final passage of the 2022 Defense Appropriation Bill. And he is the first and only male who joined "The Squad."; 10/4/23, 12:13 AM
Freeman Hunt said...: First, we had people didn't know where they were. Then, there was a guy who couldn't get dressed. Now, some guy is playing with the fire alarm. Are people elected to the legislative branch or committed to it?; 10/4/23, 12:30 AM
Aggie said...: I think we should all start pronouncing his name differently, in the style of 'Leeroooy JennnnKins !"; 10/4/23, 8:55 AM