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2024-08-08 Tlaib Slams White House for Criticizing Cori Bush’s Vow to Fight AIPAC Bush will “be remembered for valiantly standing up for the rights of Palestinians when too many still did not have the political courage to do so.” U.S. Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib on Wednesday ripped the White House for admonishing Rep. Cori Bush’s vow to fight the American Israel Public Affairs Committee after the powerful lobby group spent millions of dollars to unseat the Missouri Democrat for opposing Israel’s genocidal assault on Gaza.
AIPAC’s dark money arm, United Democracy Project (UDP), spent $8 million in support of Bush’s opponent, St. Louis County Prosecutor Wesley Bell, in the second-most expensive House race ever. UDP spent $15 million to defeat Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.), another “Squad” member who has criticized Israel’s war on Gaza. AIPAC has vowed to spend $100 million to unseat progressive lawmakers—many of them Black and brown—who it deems insufficiently supportive of Israel.
In a defiant concession speech on Tuesday night, Bush declared, “AIPAC, I’m coming to tear your kingdom down!” “All they did was radicalize me, so now they need to be afraid,” she added. https://www.commondreams.org/news/cori-bush-rashida-tlaib
2024-08-07 AIPAC Hijacks Rep. Cori Bush’s Race–and Our Elections The progressive lawmaker’s defeat in her Democratic primary is a tremendous blow to progressives and to the U.S. electoral process itself. Representative Cori Bush, a progressive black woman from St. Louis, Missouri who is a member of “the Squad” in the U.S. House and has been a powerful voice in Congress for poor people, women’s rights, healthcare, housing–and Palestine—just lost her primary because pro-Israel lobby groups flooded the race with outside funding. Her loss is a tremendous blow to progressives and to the U.S. electoral process itself.
This is the pro-Israel lobby’s second “win” of the season. The first was the June defeat of progressive, black congressman from Westchester County, N.Y., Jamaal Bowman, who was a forceful critic of Israel’s attacks on Gaza. AIPAC and its mis-named super PAC, the United Democracy Project, barged into Westchester County to anoint an opponent—white, pro-Israel Westchester County Executive George Latimer—and then shower him with cash. https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/aipac-cori-bush
2024-08-01 The Simple Question Those Who Smear Cori Bush Refuse to Answer Soon after the Gaza war began 10 months ago, a prominent newspaper columnist denounced Congresswoman Cori Bush under a headline declaring that “anti-Israel comments make her unfit for reelection.” The piece appeared in the newspaper with the second-largest readership in Missouri, the Kansas City Star. Multimillion-dollar attacks on Bush followed.
Bush’s opponent, county prosecutor Wesley Bell, “is now the number-one recipient of AIPAC cash this election cycle,” according to Justice Democrats. “Almost two-thirds of all his donations came from the anti-Palestinian, far-right megadonor-funded lobby group.” The Intercept reports that “AIPAC’s super PAC, United Democracy Project, has gone on to spend a total of $7 million so far to oust Bush” in the Aug. 6 Democratic primary in her St. Louis area district.
“The $2.1 million in ads spent for her campaign is up against $12.2 million spent to attack her or support Bell,” The American Prospect points out. AIPAC “is trying to pull voters away from her without ever saying the words ‘Israel’ or ‘Palestine.’ Instead, their advertising against Bush centers around her record on infrastructure legislation, in a manner that lacks context.” https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/cori-bush-primary
2024-07-30 Different Circumstances in the Next Squad Primary Fight Congresswoman Cori Bush is facing a primary challenge in Missouri’s First Congressional District from St. Louis County Prosecutor Wesley Bell—and from the AIPAC-affiliated super PAC United Democracy Project. UDP is coming after Bush for her outspokenness against Israel’s bombardment of Gaza, but as in other races it has targeted, the PAC is trying to pull voters away from her without ever saying the words “Israel” or “Palestine.” Instead, their advertising against Bush centers around her record on infrastructure legislation, in a manner that lacks context.
The election, which will be held on August 6, comes months after Rep. Jamaal Bowman, a member of the left-wing Squad alongside Bush, was defeated by George Latimer in New York. Latimer was backed by UDP, which spent millions on his campaign. Bowman’s defeat (rightly) raised alarm bells among other progressives who have been outspoken against Israel’s atrocities in Gaza. But it’s essential to keep in mind that Bowman’s loss had much to do with the particular characteristics of his district. https://prospect.org/politics/2024-07-30-cori-bush-wesley-bell-next-squad-primary-fight/
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