{"id":2628,"date":"2024-01-28T12:00:48","date_gmt":"2024-01-28T12:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/28\/aoc-raising-money-by-using-pro-israel-groups-attack-on-her-squad-ally\/"},"modified":"2024-01-28T12:00:48","modified_gmt":"2024-01-28T12:00:48","slug":"aoc-raising-money-by-using-pro-israel-groups-attack-on-her-squad-ally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/28\/aoc-raising-money-by-using-pro-israel-groups-attack-on-her-squad-ally\/","title":{"rendered":"AOC raising money by using pro-Israel group’s attack on her ‘Squad’ ally"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., is raising money by using political attacks against a top pro-Israel<\/a> lobbying group in Washington.<\/p>\n

In an email sent to supporters Thursday evening, Ocasio-Cortez<\/a> sounded off about the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) endorsing challenger George Latimer against Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., a fellow member of the leftist House group known as the “Squad.”<\/p>\n

“When right-wing megadonors attack one of us, they\u2019re trying to silence our whole movement. And in this moment, standing strongly beside leaders calling for peace and humanity has never been more important,” Ocasio-Cortez\u2019s email says.<\/p>\n

“My friend Jamaal Bowman just officially announced his campaign for re-election. Help us show that we have the people power to beat his AIPAC-backed opponent by splitting a grassroots donation between our campaigns.”<\/p>\n

UN’S TOP COURT ALLOWS ISRAEL TO KEEP FIGHTING IN GAZA, ORDERS IT TO \u2018ADHERE TO THE GENOCIDE CONVENTION\u2019<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

AIPAC works with lawmakers on both sides of the aisle and is known for helping facilitate bipartisan trips to Israel, including a trip in August led by House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y.<\/p>\n

That group has recently clashed with hardliners in the Democratic Party who have been critical of Israel\u2019s response to the Oct. 7 Hamas attack<\/a>, as well as the Biden administration\u2019s support for Israel.<\/p>\n

“Jamaal\u2019s opponent is an establishment, career politician \u2014 who yesterday was officially endorsed by AIPAC. The path to victory won\u2019t be easy. AIPAC will launch millions of dollars of nasty attack ads,” Ocasio-Cortez\u2019s\u00a0email states.<\/p>\n

EDUCATORS URGE LARGEST TEACHERS UNION IN US TO RESCIND SUPPORT FOR BIDEN UNTIL ‘PERMANENT CEASE-FIRE’ IN GAZA<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

“This is about justice. This is about community. This is about what we want the Democratic Party \u2014 and our democracy \u2014 to look like.”<\/p>\n

When asked for comment about Ocasio-Cortez’s ad, an AIPAC spokesperson told Fox News Digital, “We proudly have endorsed George Latimer, who is aligned with President Biden\u2019s pro-Israel stand, in clear contrast to his opponent in this race. An extremist anti-Israel fringe will not deter us from engaging in the democratic process to help elect candidates who support the Jewish state in its fight against Hamas barbarism.”<\/p>\n

SOUTH AFRICA’S GENOCIDE CASE AGAINST ISRAEL SETS UP A HIGH-STAKES LEGAL BATTLE AT THE UN’S TOP COURT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Westchester County executive George Latimer became the first non-incumbent AIPAC has endorsed this 2024 cycle. The group gave a statement to Jewish Insider on Thursday, saying, “We are proud to endorse George Latimer who \u2014 in clear contrast to his opponent \u2014 is strongly committed to strengthening the U.S.-Israel relationship and standing by our ally as it fights Hamas terrorism.”<\/p>\n

Ocasio-Cortez called AIPAC an “extremist organization” last November after the group criticized her and the nine other House lawmakers who voted against a resolution affirming support<\/a> for Israel\u2019s response to Hamas.<\/p>\n

“AIPAC endorsed scores of Jan 6th insurrectionists. They are no friend to American democracy. They are one of the more racist and bigoted PACs in Congress as well, who disproportionately target members of color,” Ocasio-Cortez said on X at the time. “They are an extremist organization that destabilizes US democracy.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., is raising money by using political attacks against a top pro-Israel lobbying group in Washington. In an email sent to supporters Thursday evening, Ocasio-Cortez sounded off about the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) endorsing challenger George Latimer against Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., a fellow member of the leftist House group … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2628"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2628\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}