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jason1637 5 days ago
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SvennoJ said:

AIPAC spent $20m ‘to unseat my brother’: Cori Bush

A day after US Representative Jamaal Bowman lost his district’s Democratic primary, his fellow Congress member Cori Bush issued a statement denouncing the outside spending in the race.

Bowman’s loss was historic. More than $20m was spent in his New York primary race, as the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) — a pro-Israel lobby — and other forces sought to advance the candidacy of a centrist candidate. Bowman and Bush have both been outspoken critics of Israel’s war in Gaza.

“20 million dollars. That was the staggering price tag put on unseating Jamaal Bowman,” Bush wrote on social media. She said it was evidence of “just how desperate these billionaire extremists are in their attempts to buy our democracy, promote their own gain, and silence the voices of progress and justice”.

Progressive groups said the battle to unseat Bowman was a direct result of his vocal criticism of Israel’s war in Gaza.

Bowman is part of a small but growing number of voices in Congress questioning the US’s commitment to Israel, its “ironclad” ally. He ultimately lost Tuesday’s Democratic primary to George Latimer, an executive for Westchester County.

Voted for Bowman here in westchester. So sad he lost.