{"id":1570178,"date":"2022-07-25T15:19:13","date_gmt":"2022-07-25T19:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1570178"},"modified":"2022-07-25T15:21:28","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T19:21:28","slug":"pro-israel-groups-dump-millions-into-dem-primaries-against-progressives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pro-israel-groups-dump-millions-into-dem-primaries-against-progressives\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro-Israel Groups Dump Millions Into Dem Primaries Against Progressives"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpro-israel-groups-dump-millions-into-dem-primaries-against-progressives%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1570178&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/GettyImages-1198921148-scaled-e1640791535986.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The top-spending political action committee in the primary election cycle is targeting anti-Israel progressive Democrats while boosting their opponents, according to Politico.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2018\/03\/14\/aipac-and-the-nra-are-unique-among-interest-groups\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">American Israel Public Affairs Committee<\/a> (AIPAC) and its affiliated super PAC, the United Democracy Project (UDP), have targeted nine safe-seat Democratic congressional primaries to boost pro-Israel Democrats to victory, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opensecrets.org\/outsidespending\/recips.php?cycle=2022&#038;cmte=C00799031\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to OpenSecrets.<\/p>\n<p>UDP has deployed more than $22 million in races in Ohio, Michigan, Maryland, North Carolina, Texas and California, according to OpenSecrets. UDP and AIPAC have helped six preferred candidates move past the primary while only experiencing one loss this election cycle, Politico <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/07\/25\/israel-divide-democratic-primaries-00047625?nname=playbook&#038;nid=0000014f-1646-d88f-a1cf-5f46b7bd0000&#038;nrid=33d03576-41e0-4893-a388-365adbdd84e2&#038;nlid=630318\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>One of the most contentious battlegrounds is taking place in the Democratic suburbs of Detroit due to redistricting, pitting two incumbents against one another, according to Politico. Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2019\/10\/03\/haley-stevens-nra\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Haley Stevens<\/a>, a former Obama administration official, faces Rep. Andy Levin, scion of a prominent and politically active Jewish family.<\/p>\n<p>Levin is the author of a bill that would have made the two-state solution the official U.S. policy toward Israel and Palestine, according to Politico.<\/p>\n<p>The United Democracy Project has poured more than $3 million into the Michigan district, flooding the airwaves with ads propping up Stevens, OpenSecrets showed. Levin accused AIPAC, in an interview with Politico, of playing a \u201cpolitics of domination\u201d where the organization uses its funding \u201cto control or to prevent open space to have a rational dialogue about Israel and Palestine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Most recently, AIPAC deployed more than $4 million to defeat former Maryland Democratic Rep. Donna Edwards\u2019s primary bid. Edwards scathingly criticized the group on Twitter as \u201cRepublican donors\u201d who \u201chave no place in Democratic primaries.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/06\/30\/democrat-meddling-republican-primaries-joe-odea-colorado-illinois\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Democrat Meddling In GOP Primaries Sees Mixed Results)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We\u2019re running a real grassroots campaign\u2014 and if you think Republican donors have no place in Democratic primaries chip in a few dollars to help us cross the finish line! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TxQruTcC4e\">https:\/\/t.co\/TxQruTcC4e<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Donna F. Edwards (@DonnaFEdwards) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DonnaFEdwards\/status\/1547588973777735682?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 14, 2022<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Conservative hedge fund manager Paul Singer and Home Depot co-founder Bernie Marcus are among AIPAC\u2019s top donors, according to Politico. More liberal pro-Israel groups like J Street have pushed this line of attack in their defense of Levin in Michigan.<\/p>\n<p>J Street ran ads in the Detroit metro area attacking Stevens for taking \u201chundreds of thousands of dollars from a group that\u2019s supporting Republicans who voted to overturn the 2020 election,\u201d the ad\u2019s narrator <a href=\"https:\/\/host2.adimpact.com\/admo\/viewer\/ba7fdb09-6e8e-40a3-9db2-05dc032d0018\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">states<\/a> over images of protesters storming the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Stevens also supports a two-state solution in Israel and Palestine, <a href=\"https:\/\/haleystevensforcongress.com\/issues\/foreign-affairs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to her campaign website. However, unlike Levin, she does not support defunding U.S. aid to Israel\u2019s weapons systems.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to Stevens, UDP supported Democratic candidates like Michigan State Sen. Adam Hollier and North Carolina State Sens. Valerie Foushee and Don Davis, according to Open Secrets.<\/p>\n<p>AIPAC, UDP, Levin and Stevens did not respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Politics of domination&#8217;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":872,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1570178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1570178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/872"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1570178"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1570178\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1570178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1570178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1570178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}