cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/40428439
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee is not publicly backing any candidate in the race to replace Democratic Rep. Jan Schakowsky in Illinois’s 9th Congressional District. But in private, the group is fundraising for Democratic state Sen. Laura Fine, who has distanced herself from AIPAC and said she isn’t seeking its endorsement.
AIPAC board president Michael Tuchin hosted a private fundraiser for Fine on Monday at his Los Angeles law office, where an Intercept reporter was turned away in the building’s front lobby. “The Intercept should not be here at all,” said a building security guard, relaying a message from fundraiser organizers.
After spending years exerting largely unchecked influence over elected U.S. officials, AIPAC appears to be putting more distance between itself and several of its preferred candidates this midterm cycle amid public outrage over Israel’s genocide in Gaza — and as a growing slate of progressive candidates position themselves explicitly against the group. But AIPAC and the broader pro-Israel lobby are still working to shape the next Congress to preserve the U.S.’s diplomatic alliance with Israel and maintain the steady flow of weapons shipments.
Don’t worry everybody. Our leaders in government definitely aren’t bought and paid for by entities on behalf of foreign agents / countries. That’s just a rumor. /s
All she has to do is acknowledge the genocide of Palestinians
The head of AIPAC? She’d be more likely to spontaneously combust on a cold day in Antarctica.
That’d be even better.
That’s the seat Kat Abughazaleh (sp?) is running for. And she Definitely doesn’t take aipac money. In this environment, I think Dems are going to pay more attention to primaries this time around
Praying that woman just crushes it.
From what I can tell, she’s doing great so far - but it’s still pretty early
That’s the seat Kat Abughazaleh (sp?) is running for
As if we didn’t already have plenty of reasons to support that badass!
Dems are going to pay more attention to primaries this time around
That’s almost impossible, given that the party leadership already fights every progressive primary candidate several times as hard as they do fascists, ancaps, and other Republicans.
