The Squad demonizes pro-Israel AIPAC with fake dark money charge despite its modest sway

Progressives are trotting out an old bugbear of the Israel-loathing fringe as the congressional election season heats up.Democratic radicals facing tough primaries are lambasting AIPAC, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, for the sin of helping their opponents.Look no further than The Squad.“We can’t and won’t give AIPAC and the GOP another inch!” Rep.Cori Bush (D-Mo.), who’s facing an AIPAC-backed challenger in her Aug.

6 primary election, wrote on X last month.Rep.Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), herself up against an AIPAC-supported opponent in her Aug.13 primary, has blasted AIPAC in a campaign ad claiming that a “right-wing Super PAC funded by millions of dollars in Dark Money spending is working around the clock to unseat Ilhan from Congress.”  Not to be overlooked, disgraced Rep.

Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) claimed in his June 25 concession speech that “a Super PAC of dark money” had taken him down.AIPAC isn’t the reason why Bowman or other anti-Israel progressives lose.They’re being ousted from office because their loony views, including but not limited to anti-Zionism, are far out of step with their districts.AIPAC, which has been around since 1963, is a convenient target for their anti-Israel grievances.The group has long taken flak from opponents who argue that it nefariously influences American policy, but its critics are mistaken.     Take campaign contributions, for which AIPAC is often attacked: AIPAC has the same First Amendment rights that all Americans do.One wonders why this one group, whose staff and supporters are significantly Jewish, is so criticized for backing candidates who support the world’s sole Jewish state.And AIPAC is far from the nation’s most prolific campaign contributor: According to Open Secrets, it has been outspent by 11 other political action committees this election cycle.When was the last time you heard someone deplore the machinations of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association, for exampl...