US Representative Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), who represents the Bronx and Westchester County, supported a conspiracy theory about the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks while serving as the principal of a public high school, it was revealed this week.
Bowman – a member of the liberal House “Squad” that also includes Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) – maintains a blog that claims the World Trade Center building Number 7 was destroyed in a controlled demolition and that hijacking Flight 93 and Flight 77 caused minimal damage and left little debris.
The post, unearthed by the Daily Beast, was reportedly made before 2014, when Bowman was principal at Cornerstone Academy for Social Action in the Bronx, and was deleted by 2016.
Bowman, 47, claimed that Osama bin Laden, a Saudi national, was “blamed” for the attack as a pretext for launching the war in Afghanistan, when in fact the terrorist leader publicly took credit for the massacre.
Investigators have determined that Building 7 spiraled after debris from the Twin Towers ignited the fire, and hijackers steered Flight 77 into the Pentagon in Virginia, killing all 64 people on board and 125 inside the building.
Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) supported conspiracy theories about the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks while serving as a public high school principal, it was revealed this week. AFP via Getty Images
Flight 93 crashed in rural Pennsylvania after passengers resisted the hijackers. All 44 people on board were killed.
Bowman, who was elected to the House in 2020, also reportedly promoted the conspiracy theory movies “Loose Change” and “Zeitgeist” on the blog.
“Loose Change” asserted that the US carried out the 9/11 attacks and “Zeitgeist” promoted the suggestion that globalist bankers were behind the tragedy to influence the US to go to war and take on more debt.
The film is a favorite of Infowars host Alex Jones — who served as executive director on the final cut of “Loose Change” — and Arizona mass shooter Jared Loughner, who wounded former Rep. Gabby Giffords (D-Ariz.) and killed a federal judge and five others during the 2011 supermarket rampage.
Bowman publicly commemorated the anniversary of the attack without promoting conspiracy theories while in office.
On Monday, the progressive Democrat released a statement to the Daily Beast saying he “regrets” his past blog post, but did not explain why he wrote it at the time.
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“More than a decade ago, when I was debating my doctorate, I explored a wide variety of books, films and articles across the broad political spectrum and processed my thoughts in a personal blog that few people read. ,” the statement read.
Bowman also disavowed the film in his statement and repudiated his support of conspiracy theorists John Perkins and William Cooper, “Zeitgeist” filmmaker Peter Joseph, and left-wing documentarians Michael Moore and Adam Curtis.
“I don’t believe anything this crank says, and my life’s work has proven it. As a Congressman, I have written Congressional Resolutions denouncing dangerous conspiracy theories, I have opposed MAGA extremists, and I have called for endless action among the right wing,” his statement said.
“I regret posting anything about any of these people. Anyone who sees my work today knows where I stand.”
In 2015, Bowman launched an online rant comparing standardized tests to slavery and post-slavery racial segregation policies in the US, The Post reported at the time.
“Public school high-stakes standardized testing is a form of modern-day slavery, and it is designed to perpetuate the proliferation of inequality,” the then-principal wrote in his blog.
“America was born out of horror for black people and that horror continues today for brown people and the poor as well. Slavery, Jim Crow, redlining, crack cocaine and now standardized testing have all been sanctioned by the American government. All designed to destroy the mind, body and soul of black and brown people,” the post read.
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