 That means that even the people in Congress who are supposedly his allies did almost nothing for him. Again, Hakeem Jeffries, the House minority leader, gave him like a $5,000 donation and a late robocall, and that was it. According to one House Democrat, this wasn't about ideology as much as it was about how Bowman went about his job. Quote, nobody who cares about them tried to help, tried to stop them, tried to say, hey, there's a better way. You don't need to do this. You can advocate for your position without alienating the vast majority of voters.