By any means necessary huh?
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) has its eyes set on Rep. Jamaal Bowman as the new target in upcoming ads.
Bowman’s campaign manager, Gabe Tobias, released a statement saying the team received inside information about a multi-million dollar campaign. “We’ve heard from inside sources that AIPAC is planning to spend up to $25 million dollars against Congressman Bowman, making this the most expensive House primary in U.S. history,” Tobias said
“Their MAGA billionaire donors are spending everything they have against us because they know that Jamaal Bowman speaks for a majority of Democratic voters — from a ceasefire in Gaza to Medicare for All — and that our Democratic coalition can only be defeated with millions of dollars spent to divide our communities.”
However, after one of the group’s targets, Rep. Summer Lee (D-Pa.), won her primary last week, the group has backed away from the pledge.
“Now, their Republican billionaire megadonors want to go all-in to make up for their failures by trying to defeat a former middle school principal and educator because nothing is a greater threat to right-wing power than everyday people having a megaphone in Washington through a Congressman Jamaal Bowman and Congresswoman Cori Bush.”
The timing of this announcement comes after Bowman hosted a fundraiser with a Muslim leader described as an extremist who allegedly praised the Hamas attack in Israel. According to the New York Post, the event was hosted at a private residence in Fairfax, Virginia, with Bowman’s face posted alongside the executive director of the Council on American–Islamic Relations, Nihad Awad.
Just noticed: Among the co-hosts of a fundraiser for Rep. Jamaal Bowman on Wednesday was Nihad Awad, the CAIR leader whose comments celebrating Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel were condemned by the White House. https://t.co/WpaxaFSNjc pic.twitter.com/hOMjjgfiRS— Matthew Kassel (@matthewkassel) May 3, 2024
The White House immediately severed ties with the organization, with spokesman Andrew Bates issuing a statement at the time saying, “We condemn these shocking, antisemitic statements in the strongest terms.”
“The horrific, brutal terrorist attacks committed by Hamas on Oct. 7 were, as President Biden said, ‘abhorrent’ and represent ‘unadulterated evil,’” the statement read.
On Facebook, Awad celebrated Bowman as a “staunch defender of Palestinian rights” and encouraged persons interested in attending to send him a private message.
Source: Black Enterprise
