Derec
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This article is by "Common Dreams" - another far left, anti-Israel site. You really know how to pick your sources.'I Don't Give a F*ck About AIPAC,' Says Mark Pocan - "It's time to call them out for what they are—a front group for conservative policy here in the U.S.—instead of being afraid of them."
And the reason AIPAC has to support more conservative candidates is that the so-called "progressive" ones are usually anti-Israel. like Mark Pocan himself.
Cancerous presence? Sounds pretty antisemitic to me."I don't give a fuck about AIPAC—period," Pocan (D-Wis.) told Slate politics writer Alexander Sammon. "I think they're a cancerous presence on our democracy and politics in general, and if I can be a surgeon, that's great."
I am pretty sure he does not consider groups like CAIR (which has ties to Hamas and whose director was "happy to see" the 10/7 massacre) a "a cancerous presence" even though, unlike AIPAC, they actually are that.
That is BS. But I do not fault them for supporting a GOP candidate against anti-Israel Democrats like Tlaib, Omar et al. It is ultimately the Democrats' fault for selecting anti-Israel extremists to run for office."The reason I'm poking the bear is because they've become a Trojan bear," Pocan explained. "AIPAC at least pretended to be bipartisan when I first got [to Congress]. Now they're basically a wholly owned subsidiary of the GOP."
If you are involved in the Democratic primary you will spend your money against one Democrat or another. That is true of "progressive" groups as well - they also "spend [money] in Democratic primaries against Democrats", it's just that they spend it against moderate Democrats.
How is it "undemocratic"? Should only far-left and anti-Israel groups be allowed to spend money in Democratic primaries?It’s a cynical, undemocratic strategy.
I was wondering when he would bring out that cudgel. What about dead Israeli kids his friends from Hamas murdered?And since they clearly don’t care about dead, kids, it’s all about backing a conservative Netanyahu position." / X
Islamic terrorism is not a "human right". Massacring Israelis is not a "human right".They actively boost candidates who tried to overthrow the US election & run smear campaigns on members of Congress who stand up for human rights. Enough" / X
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