[UPDATE] This article has been updated with a quote from the Engel campaign stating in part that it is “premature” to declare a winner in the race.
Left-wing candidate Jamaal Bowman has declared victory in his primary challenge against Congressman Eliot Engel (D-NY), the establishment-backed chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee who has served in Congress since 1989.
“I’m a Black man who was raised by a single mother in a housing project. That story doesn’t usually end in Congress. But today, that 11-year old boy who was beaten by police is about to be your next Representative,” Bowman tweeted on Wednesday morning. “I cannot wait to get to Washington and cause problems for the people maintaining the status quo.”
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I’m a Black man raised by a single mother in a housing project. That story doesn’t usually end in Congress.
But today, that 11-year old boy beaten by police is about to be your Representative.
I can&#8217;t wait to get to DC and cause problems for those maintaining the status quo. <a href="https://t.co/ijaWpkcxvc">pic.twitter.com/ijaWpkcxvc</a>
— Jamaal Bowman (@JamaalBowmanNY) <a href="https://twitter.com/JamaalBowmanNY/status/1275818466667307009?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 24, 2020</a></blockquote>
While the official results of the race are not yet known, Bowman’s statement was released after Cook Political Report editor Dave Wasserman called the race in Bowman’s favor, and argued that Engel’s vote tally deficit was too substantial to overcome through incoming absentee ballots.
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I’ve seen enough: Jamaal Bowman (D) has defeated 16-term Rep. Eliot Engel (D) in the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NY16?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NY16</a> primary.
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) <a href="https://twitter.com/Redistrict/status/1275803793192615943?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 24, 2020</a></blockquote>
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I should clarify, these are not official, final results. These are results from official sources (NYC/Westchester BOEs). Still tens of thousands of absentees to count and possible margin will narrow, even if the outcome is not in doubt.
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) <a href="https://twitter.com/Redistrict/status/1275807832189939714?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 24, 2020</a></blockquote>
The Engel campaign has called any attempts to declare a winner in the election as undermining of the democratic process, reports Spectrum News 1 New York.
“There are many thousands of absentee ballots that will need to be counted, and that count won’t begin for another six days. Any declarative statement on the outcome of this race right now is premature and undermines the democratic process,” said the Engel campaign, reports <a href="https://twitter.com/emilyngo/status/1275863752127270913">Spectrum News 1</a> New York. 
“Congressman Engel strongly believes that every absentee ballot should be counted, especially during this pandemic,” the statement continued. “In the meantime, the Congressman will continue his work for the people of the Bronx and Westchester.”
Hank Scheinkopf, a New York-based political consultant, told <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-06-24/engel-teetering-as-progressives-show-strength-in-new-york?utm_source=google&amp;utm_medium=bd&amp;cmpId=google">Bloomberg News</a> that while he believes that it isn’t impossible for Engel to win if absentee ballots overwhelmingly favor him, “regardless, change is here to stay.”
Over the last few weeks, Engel received <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/after-hot-mic-moment-democrats-rush-to-save-sixteen-term-rep-from-getting-aocd">high-profile</a> endorsements from Democratic establishment figures, including from Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA), and 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.
Many of his endorsements came after Engel received heat for a hot mic moment during which he begged an organizer to let him speak at a local event, seemingly so that his constituents – many likely aware of the Atlantic Magazine <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/05/eliot-engel-new-york-coronavirus/611611/">report</a> claiming that Engel didn’t spend much of his quarantine in his own district, but in Maryland – would actually see him in New York City.
On the other hand, Bowman boasted endorsements from far-left politicians, including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), whose 2018 primary upset occurred in the neighboring district, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA).
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NY Democratic House Candidate Jamaal Bowman Holds Election Night Event

Jamaal Bowman, Far-Left Primary Challenger, Set To Oust 16-Term NY Congressman; Releases Victory Statement

Congress

Eliot Engel

Jamaal Bowman

Leftism

New York

Longtime Democratic politicians have been rushing to save sixteen-term Congressman Eliot Engel (D-NY) from primary challenger Jamaal Bowman, a left-wing-backed candidate who is now <a href="https://prospect.org/politics/eliot-engel-down-double-digits-new-poll-jamaal-bowman/">polling</a> ten points higher than Engel, the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. 
While Bowman has been endorsed by Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Engel has racked up a litany of endorsements from establishment Democrats. In the last few days alone, these endorsements include House Intelligence Chairman Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), Majority Whip Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC), Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), and former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.
The flood of support suggests that Democrats fear that Engel, who has <a href="https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/06/jamaal-bowman-takes-the-lead.html">reportedly</a> not had a serious primary challenge in 20 years, may suffer the same political fate as former Congressman Joe Crowley, who was the chairman of the House Democratic Caucus when he lost a primary challenge to the then-politically unknown AOC. 
Engel has been facing scrutiny for the lack of presence in his district, as highlighted by <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/05/eliot-engel-new-york-coronavirus/611611/">Atlantic</a> journalist Edward Isaac-Dovere, who reported that Engel was hunkered down near the capital while insisting, during in-person conversation with Isaac-Dovere at his Maryland home, that he was also quarantined in New York.
<blockquote>“I’m in both places,” Engel said.
“You are?” I asked.
“I sure am,” he said.
“You’ve been quarantined in both places?”
“Sure have.”</blockquote>
Engel’s office also advertised the congressman as participating in two local events, although The Atlantic reports that he didn’t. For one of them, Engel maintained the following day that he participated in the event, a mask distribution, despite allegedly not actually attending in-person.
As <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hot-mic-dem-congressman-begs-to-speak-at-new-york-press-conference-gets-shut-down?%3Futm_source=facebook&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=cnews">The Daily Wire</a> previously reported, Engel made an appearance in New York City after the Atlantic report dropped, but made headlines over a viral hot mic moment during which the congressman begged an event organizer to let him speak, seemingly so that his constituents would see that he actually attended.
“If I didn’t have a primary, I wouldn’t care,” Engel told the organizer, who asked him to repeat himself, prompting the congressman to say it again: “If I didn’t have a primary, I wouldn’t care.”
“Don’t do that to me, we’re not going to do this,” the organizer told Engel in response to his begging. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/02/us/politics/eliot-engel-new-york.html">The New York Times</a> reported that the event organizer also added: “Everybody has a primary, you know that.”
Politico <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/04/pelosi-engel-new-york-primary-301507">reports</a> that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-NY) endorsed Engel two days later.
According to <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/17/nyregion/eliot-engel-jamaal-bowman-primary.html">The New York Times</a>, which reported Wednesday that “Top Democrats Are Trying To Stop This Man From Becoming The Next A.O.C.,” Bowman has highlighted Engel’s district attendance as a reason he shouldn’t be re-elected.
“He doesn’t live in our community,” said Bowman. “I live in our struggles.”
Engel, who reportedly purchased his Maryland home in 1988, believes these criticisms are unfounded.
“I work in Washington and he’s going to deny me a place to sleep?” said Engel, who added, “you can’t stay on the, sleep on the streets.”
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Senate Impeachment Trial Of President Trump

After Hot Mic Moment, Democrats Rush To Save Sixteen-Term Rep From Getting AOC’d

2020 Election

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Sixteen-term Democratic Congressman Eliot Engel (D-NY), the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, was caught on a hot-mic Tuesday begging a local event organizer to let him speak at a press conference about vandalism in New York City in the wake of George Floyd’s death. 
During the brief exchange, Engel can be seen talking to an event organizer, who tries to explain that there’s too many people lined-up to speak, according to <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/02/us/politics/eliot-engel-new-york.html">The New York Times</a>. 
“If I didn’t have a primary, I wouldn’t care,” Engel told the organizer, who asked him to repeat himself, prompting the congressman to say it again: “If I didn’t have a primary, I wouldn’t care.”
“Don’t do that to me, we’re not going to do this,” the organizer told Engel in response to his begging. The Times reported that the event organizer also added: “Everybody has a primary, you know that.”
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!!! <a href="https://twitter.com/RepEliotEngel?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepEliotEngel</a> heard on hot mic asking <a href="https://twitter.com/rubendiazjr?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@rubendiazjr</a> for a turn to speak, says twice, &#8220;If I didn&#8217;t have a primary, I wouldn&#8217;t care.&#8221;
Diaz responds, &#8220;Don&#8217;t do that to me.&#8221;
(h/t <a href="https://twitter.com/News12BX?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@News12BX</a> livestream) <a href="https://t.co/eQnkzLiEId">pic.twitter.com/eQnkzLiEId</a>
— Emily Ngo (@emilyngo) <a href="https://twitter.com/emilyngo/status/1267873270218600448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 2, 2020</a></blockquote>
In a statement to the Times, Engel explained his request as an important factor to help constituents know where he stands on political issues that affect New Yorkers. 
“In the context of running for re-election, I thought it was important for people to know where I stand, that’s why I asked to speak,” said Engel, who has served in Congress since the late 80s. “Of course I care deeply about what’s happening in this country, that’s what I wanted to convey. I love the Bronx, grew up in the Bronx and lived here all my life. I would not have tried to impose on the borough president if I didn’t think it was important.”
Jamaal Bowman, who has lobbied a significant primary challenge against Engel, told <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/02/engel-hot-mic-296963">Politico</a> that the congressman’s hot-mic moment was “disgusting, it’s abhorrent, it’s unfortunate, and it’s disappointing, but it’s not surprising.”
“It just exemplifies and shows everything we already knew,” he said. “To say if I didn’t have a primary I wouldn’t care, it captures everything not just wrong with him but the political system.”
According to <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/05/eliot-engel-new-york-coronavirus/611611/">The Atlantic Magazine</a>, Engel has been drawing criticism for the lack of presence in his district, and tried to tell the magazine that he was quarantined in two places at once, but his communications director said he hadn’t been to New York since March:
<blockquote>“I’m in both places,” Engel said.
“You are?” I asked.
“I sure am,” he said.
“You’ve been quarantined in both places?”
“Sure have.”</blockquote>
Former Rep. Joe Crowley (D-NY), the former chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, was ousted in Engel&#8217;s neighboring district in 2018 by primary challenger Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
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Hot Mic: Dem Congressman Begs To Speak At New York Press Conference, Gets Shut Down

It&#8217;s getting harder and harder for Democrats to ignore or defend Rep. Ilhan Omar&#8217;s (D-MN) blatant anti-Semitism.
On Friday, Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY), who is Jewish and the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released a statement condemning Omar&#8217;s recent comments suggesting those that defend Israel have an &#8220;allegiance to a foreign country.&#8221; Engel requested Omar apologize for her &#8220;vile&#8221; remarks.
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I welcome debate in Congress based on the merits of policy, but it&#8217;s unacceptable and deeply offensive to call into question the loyalty of fellow American citizens because of their political views, including support for the U.S.-Israel relationship. We all take the same oath. Worse, Representative Omar&#8217;s comments leveled that charge by invoking a vile anti-Semitic slur. This episode is especially disappointing following so closely on another instance of Ms. Omar seeming to invoke an anti-Semitic stereotype. Her comments were outrageous and deeply hurtful, and I ask that she retract them, apologize, and commit to making her case on policy issues without resorting to attacks that have no place in the Foreign Affairs Committee or the House of Representatives.
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Politico&#8217;s Andrew Desiderio posted the statement on Twitter and included much of the statement in <a href="https://www.politico.com/story/2019/03/01/ilhan-omar-anti-semitic-slur-1199495">an article</a> for Politico.
Omar&#8217;s latest remarks came <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/44100/watch-ilhan-omar-makes-most-blatant-anti-semitic-ryan-saavedra">during an event</a> at the Busboys and Poets restaurant in Washington, D.C.
&#8220;I want to talk about the political influence in this country that says it is okay to push for allegiance to a foreign country,&#8221; Omar said, <a href="http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/02/omar-israel-hawks-allegiance-foreign-country-anti-semitism.html">according to New York Magazine</a>. Omar also reportedly claimed that &#8220;Jewish colleagues&#8221; were trying to silence her.
Earlier this month, Omar&#8217;s anti-Semitism became so widely criticized that top Democrats had to start <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/43320/democrats-pelosi-condemn-ilhan-omar-keep-her-key-kassy-dillon">speaking out against her</a>. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) joined other Democrats in denouncing Omar&#8217;s tweets espousing Jewish conspiracy theories.
&#8220;Anti-Semitism must be called out, confronted and condemned wherever it is encountered, without exception,&#8221; a statement from Democrat House leadership read. &#8220;We are and will always be strong supporters of Israel in Congress because we understand that our support is based on shared values and strategic interests. Legitimate criticism of Israel&#8217;s policies is protected by the values of free speech and democratic debate that the United States and Israel share.&#8221;
The statement was in response to a series of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/43289/ilhan-omar-promotes-anti-semitic-conspiracy-ryan-saavedra">now-deleted tweets</a> from Omar suggesting Republicans only support Israel because of the money from Jews and Jewish organizations like the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). She also retweeted a Politico editor who said her anti-Semitic tweets &#8220;might as well call us hook-nosed,&#8221; although she quickly realized her error and removed her retweet.
Those tweets were <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/42998/ocasio-cortez-omar-tlaib-take-democrats-anti-ryan-saavedra">not Omar&#8217;s first anti-Semitic controversy</a>. The freshman congresswoman has also tweeted that &#8220;Israel has hypnotized the world&#8221; and asked Allah to &#8220;awaken the people and help them see the evil doings of Israel,&#8221; claimed Israel was an &#8220;apartheid&#8221; nation, and has shown time and time again that she does not care that she is being offensive.

Top Democrat On Foreign Affairs Committee Condemns Ilhan Omar’s Latest Anti-Semitic Remarks

Anti-Semitism

Democratic Party

Ilhan Omar

The Democrat who has taken over the House Foreign Affairs Committee has indicated that he will eliminate the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Terrorism and replace it with a subcommittee to investigate President Trump.
Eliot Engel (D-NY) told <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-trumps-washington/the-international-crisis-of-donald-trump">The New Yorker</a> that he would eliminate the terrorism subcommittee, claiming there &#8220;wasn&#8217;t a great clamor&#8221; to keep it. Engel added that in contrast, his members are eager to pursue what they regard as the teeming number of Trump foreign-policy scandals. Engel insisted, &#8220;We just thought, if we&#8217;re going to do something relevant in this era where Congress is going to reassert itself, where there are so many questionable activities of this Administration vis-à-vis foreign policy, that it made sense to have this.&#8221;
The New Yorker, always a bastion of leftist thought, succinctly summed up, &#8220;Trump, in other words, is a bigger threat than terrorism. At least for now.&#8221; The New Yorker notes that the Foreign Affairs Committee does not normally spend its time investigating issues, rather, it holds hearings on foreign issues of note. The New Yorker surmises that under Engel, international crises will be a part of the new committee&#8217;s agenda but will not &#8220;top its agenda, which will be dominated, as so many other areas of our public life now are, by President Trump&#8217;s uniquely chaotic and unsettling approach to the rest of the world.&#8221;
Asked what he planned to investigate, Engel replied that one issue will be what Trump agreed to when he met privately with Russian President Vladimir Putin last year. He commented, &#8220;It&#8217;s been many months since Helsinki, and we still don&#8217;t know what Putin and Trump talked about.&#8221; Additionally, Engel named &#8220;the business interests of the President&#8221; and how Trump&#8217;s financial dealings have &#8220;affected what he&#8217;s done in foreign policy.&#8221;
Engel said smugly, &#8220;Many other committees would love to poach some of our jurisdiction.&#8221;
The New Yorker tried to justify the new emphasis of the committee, writing, &#8220;But a probe of Trump, Inc., given the President&#8217;s tendency to conflate his personal interests with the national interest, now seems indispensable to the foreign-policy concerns of the day, whether it&#8217;s explaining Trump&#8217;s otherwise hard-to-fathom pro-Russia tilt or shedding light on his family&#8217;s pursuit of business deals with Middle Eastern figures who are also key to Trump&#8217;s geopolitical priorities.&#8221;
Other Trump-related issues Engel plans to address: Trump&#8217;s relationship with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un; the death of the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi; the relationship between the Saudi Crown Prince and the Trump family, and Trump&#8217;s decisions regarding Syria.
The New Yorker trumpeted: &#8220;For Engel and the other newly empowered Democrats in the House of Representatives, it&#8217;s a moment to show whether they can do more than assert their relevance. Will all the investigations and subpoenas amount to more than political posturing against the President?&#8221;
Engel&#8217;s vitriol regarding Trump has been displayed before; last July he wrote on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/RepEliotLEngel/posts/president-trump-has-again-tried-to-play-the-arsonist-and-the-fireman-at-the-nato/10156604783764853/">Facebook</a>:
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President Trump has again tried to play the arsonist and the fireman at the NATO summit&#8212;nearly burning the alliance to the ground, then taking credit for extinguishing the fire he lit. Frankly, his reckless behavior has hurt the alliance, undermined American leadership, and played into Russia&#8217;s hands.
The President&#8217;s conduct would be laughable if the stakes weren&#8217;t so high. His claims of new concessions from the allies are nonsense. Our allies did nothing but reaffirm commitments made four years ago at the Wales Summit. This imbroglio accomplished nothing except to show that under Mr. Trump&#8217;s so-called leadership, the United States has become a bully, a bad friend, and an unreliable ally. More and more, &#8220;America First&#8221; is &#8220;America Alone.&#8221;
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KEEPING AMERICA SAFE: Dems Want To Replace Subcommittee On Terrorism With One Investigating Trump

Donald Trump

U.S. House of Representatives

A top Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives voted in favor of impeaching President Donald Trump on Wednesday &#8212; a vote that was disastrous for Democrats &#8212; only to turn around and praise Trump for policy decisions after the vote.
Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY), the top Democrat on the Foreign Affairs Committee, commended Trump for his decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, the <a href="http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/top-house-democrat-praises-trumps-jerusalem-move-after-voting-to-impeach-him/article/2642759">Washington Examiner</a> reported.
&#8220;This decision is long overdue and helps correct a decades-long indignity,&#8221; Engel said. &#8220;I support the decision to recognize Jerusalem as the eternal capital of Israel and to move the U.S. embassy there.&#8221;
Engel&#8217;s comments came after he voted with 57 other Democrats on Wednesday to move forward with impeaching Trump &#8212; a disastrous vote that was defeated 364-58.
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BREAKING: House overwhelmingly votes to kill resolution from Democratic lawmaker to impeach President Trump.
&#8212; The Associated Press (@AP) <a href="https://twitter.com/AP/status/938486316400041984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 6, 2017</a></blockquote>
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Despite his vote, he continued praising Trump&#8217;s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel&#8217;s capital city.
&#8220;It recognizes where Israel&#8217;s government &#8212; the parliament and the prime minister &#8212; is based, as well as the ancient and unbreakable connection between the Jewish people and Jerusalem,&#8221; Engel said. &#8220;I look forward to a plan to ensure the safety and security of our embassy personnel.&#8221;
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Seen on C-SPAN: U.S. House defeats <a href="https://twitter.com/RepAlGreen?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@</a><a href="https://twitter.com/RepAlGreen?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">RepAlGReen</a>&#8216;s effort to impeach President Trump, 364-58. <a href="https://t.co/0RZfXixJyD">pic.twitter.com/0RZfXixJyD</a>
&#8212; CSPAN (@cspan) <a href="https://twitter.com/cspan/status/938497699690708995?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 6, 2017</a></blockquote>
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Top Democrat Votes To Impeach Trump Then Turns Around And Praises Him

Impeachment

Israel

Jerusalem

Eliot Engel, the ranking member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and the U.S. Representative for New York&#8217;s 16th congressional district, decided to create some drama on Tuesday, announcing that for the first time in 29 years he would not take his customary seat on the aisle during the State of the Union address by so he could avoid shaking President Trump&#8217;s hand.
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UPDATE: Dem Rep Eliot Engel just announced on the floor that for first time he WILL NOT sit on aisle to shake POTUS&#8217; hand when he enters
&#8212; Deirdre Walsh (@deirdrewalshcnn) <a href="https://twitter.com/deirdrewalshcnn/status/836626714352631808">February 28, 2017</a></blockquote>
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Engel <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/28/politics/eliot-engel-trump-address-congress/">stated</a>, &#8220;Unfortunately since January 20 the new administration has shown no interest in working with the Congress on both sides to tackle problems including Russian&#8217; unlawful interference in last year&#8217;s presidential election.&#8221;
Engel also <a href="http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/house-democrat-says-he-will-refuse-to-shake-trumps-hand-at-joint-session/article/2615996">asserted</a>, &#8220;I have deep respect for the presidency and I will attend the joint session, but that respect between branches must be mutual. This goes beyond ideological and political differences.&#8221;
Engel&#8217;s partisanship has not been in evidence in his dealings at the Foreign Affairs Committee with House Foreign Affairs Committee chairman Ed Royce, who is a Republican; they have collaborated frequently. Engel said of Royce, &#8220;I could take his speech and read it he could take mine and read it and we&#8217;d all agree with it.&#8221;
New York Rep. Joe Crowley, chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, told the Washington Examiner:
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I don&#8217;t anticipate organized protests, that I&#8217;m aware of. I think that each member needs to be mindful of their own actions, that they are representatives of the House of Representatives and representatives of their constituency. As much as we have nothing in common with the president, we do respect the office of the presidency. I respect the office of the presidency itself, and keeping that in mind we will be polite, but we&#8217;ll show very little, if any enthusiasm at all for what I anticipate his speech will be about.
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&#8220;This goes beyond ideological and political differences.&#8221;
Eliot Engel
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Engel may be joined by Texas Democratic Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, whose spokeswoman stated, &#8220;At this hour, the congresswoman is not sure if she&#8217;ll reserve an aisle seat. Still playing things by ear.&#8221; Rep. Maxine Waters has already said she won&#8217;t attend the speech.
Engel has <a href="http://time.com/4670677/democrats-demand-donald-trump-russia-investigation/">called for an investigation</a> into President Trump&#8217;s ties with Russia, saying there are &#8220;far too many questions unanswered about this administration&#8217;s ties to Russia.&#8221;

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