AOC Slams AIPAC Over Plan to Spend $100M to Unseat The Only Critics of Israel in Congress

Chris Menahan
InformationLiberation
Nov. 16, 2023

Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) called out the pro-Israel lobbying group AIPAC over their reported plan to spend $100 million "to unseat the few [members of Congress] who believe in Palestinian human rights and a ceasefire that most Americans already support."

"Criticism of the Israeli gov is virtually nonexistent in US politics, but apparently that's not enough," Ocasio-Cortez said Wednesday on X. "Gotta spend *$100 million* to unseat the few who believe in Palestinian human rights & a ceasefire that most Americans already support. The acceptable level of dissent is 0."

Criticism of the Israeli gov is virtually nonexistent in US politics, but apparently that’s not enough.

Gotta spend *$100 million* to unseat the few who believe in Palestinian human rights & a ceasefire that most Americans already support.

The acceptable level of dissent is 0. https://t.co/fE4ftkNERq
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) November 15, 2023

The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) started dumping money into ads attacking Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY) last week because he announced he would not be voting to send billions of additional American taxpayer dollars to Israel on top of the billions we've already sent.

$88,000 of economic stimulus is flowing to my district this week!

I voted against sending $14+ billion of your money to a new war in the Middle East,

So lobbyists for Israel are running TV and radio ads against me.

They can pound sand. We are broke. Also, should this be legal? pic.twitter.com/DzcLzx4Zar
— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) November 11, 2023

Should Congress send $14 billion of US taxpayers’ money to Israel, is the $3.8 billion we send annually enough, or should we end all foreign aid while we are running massive deficits?
— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) November 13, 2023

We were told endlessly throughout Trump's presidency that Russia trying to influence America was the worst thing in the world but we're supposed to support Israel interfering in our elections?

As AOC noted, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll found 68% of Americans want Israel to call a ceasefire and only 32% of Americans say "the US should support Israel" in their war with Gaza.

Nonetheless, we have almost no representation in Congress and Israel lobbyists are going to spend $100 million (or more) to try and oust the only congressmen and congresswomen who don't want America to fund and back Israel's war!

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