No. of Recommendations: 6
Dope1: They spread lies, distort truth, and spend millions of dollars targeting Black & brown elected officials working to end hate & injustice.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
I admit I had to do some research on this one. Turns out AOC is right.
AIPAC's political action committee endorsed 37 Congresspersons of the Sedition Caucus who had voted to overturn the 2020 election of Joe Biden.
AIPAC has been spending millions, hidden through a surrogate group, the United Democracy Project (UDP), which makes no mention of its creation by AIPAC, to defeat progressive Democrats and particularly female candidates who might potentially align with "the Squad." UDP spent $2.3m in opposition to Summer Lee (Black, female) in the Pennsylvania Democratic congressional primary race in Pennsylvania and $2m in a North Carolina senate primary to support the incumbent Valeria Foushee against Nida Allam, the first Muslim American woman to hold elected office in North Carolina.
Senator Bernie Sanders said AIPAC provides a platform for bigotry.
In fact, there's a long list of criticisms and controversies surrounding AIPAC separate from AOC's position on the war between Hamas and Israel.
Anyway, just reporting what I found.
