Expelling Bowman would mean handing the perfect tool to the establishment to stoke divisions within the Palestine solidarity movement, the left and the working class, and play into the strategy of divide and conquer. It is exactly what our enemies want.
Yeah Bowman's endorsement was basically a rush job 3 weeks before his election. Paid off massively in PR until the the past month. IMO the NPC made the tough but correct position. Expulsion is not a punishment any more un-endorsement is in terms of DSA affecting Bowman's campaign, and expelling right now could have made building a stronger party more difficult in the near term (don't totally buy that, but it's not unreasonable, enough for me to be okay with the decision).
What's going to happen is that the national electoral committee is not going to endorse any federal office candidate who doesn't hit the platform points again (rightfully). This is the first time a real burn has happened with the federal reps, everyone knew this was going to happen eventually. It's the reason every chapter is now copying NYC DSA's endorsement questionnaire practice more diligently.
Yeah Bowman's endorsement was basically a rush job 3 weeks before his election. Paid off massively in PR until the the past month. IMO the NPC made the tough but correct position. Expulsion is not a punishment any more un-endorsement is in terms of DSA affecting Bowman's campaign, and expelling right now could have made building a stronger party more difficult in the near term (don't totally buy that, but it's not unreasonable, enough for me to be okay with the decision).
What's going to happen is that the national electoral committee is not going to endorse any federal office candidate who doesn't hit the platform points again (rightfully). This is the first time a real burn has happened with the federal reps, everyone knew this was going to happen eventually. It's the reason every chapter is now copying NYC DSA's endorsement questionnaire practice more diligently.