{"id":1995481,"date":"2023-08-09T14:28:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-09T18:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aoc-accuses-pro-israel-lobbying-group-of-funneling-dark-money-to-undermine-democracy\/"},"modified":"2023-08-09T14:30:43","modified_gmt":"2023-08-09T18:30:43","slug":"aoc-accuses-pro-israel-lobbying-group-of-funneling-dark-money-to-undermine-democracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aoc-accuses-pro-israel-lobbying-group-of-funneling-dark-money-to-undermine-democracy\/","title":{"rendered":"AOC claims pro-Israel lobby funnels &#8216;dark money&#8217; to undermine democracy."},"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\">20<\/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%2Faoc-accuses-pro-israel-lobbying-group-of-funneling-dark-money-to-undermine-democracy%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=1995481&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>\n<blockquote>\n<h2>NY \u200cDem \u2063blasted for using \u2018antisemitic tropes\u2019 in fundraising email<\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure><figcaption>\n<p>      Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez \/ Getty Images<br \/>\n    \u2063<br \/>\n    <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has come under fire for her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/obama-to-campaign-for-mcauliffe-in-tightening-virginia-race\/\" title=\"Obama To Campaign For McAuliffe In Tightening Virginia Race\">recent fundraising email<\/a>, in\u200b which she accused pro-Israel lobbying group AIPAC of &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/green-or-red-how-russia-funds-the-wests-environmentalist-movement-for-its-own-gain\/\" title=\"Green Or Red? How Russia Funds The West\u2019s Environmentalist Movement For Its Own Gain\">funneling <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-attorney-phil-kline-and-it-expert-j-r-carlson-presser-wednesday-exposing-mark-zuckerbergs-dark-money-cash-for-chaos\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Attorney Phil Kline and IT Expert J.R. Carlson Presser Wednesday Exposing Mark Zuckerberg\u2019s Dark Money Cash for Chaos\">dark money<\/a><\/a>&#8221; to\u2064 target \u200c&#8221;progressive, working-class candidates of color.&#8221; This has led to accusations from\u200d Jewish activists that she is employing &#8220;antisemitic tropes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In the email, Ocasio-Cortez warned that AIPAC was attempting to\u200c &#8220;undermine democracy&#8221; and &#8220;abuse campaign finance laws to spend millions of dollars \u2064on misleading\u200b attack ads&#8221; against Representative Jamaal Bowman.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We just received word: AIPAC is \u200cat it again. They\u2019re trying to recruit an establishment executive to run against my brother\u200b in\u2062 The Bronx,\u2064 Jamaal Bowman,&#8221; wrote Ocasio-Cortez. &#8220;We know what comes next. AIPAC \u200dwon\u2019t wait much longer to start funneling\u2064 dark money against Jamaal and ramping up \u200battacks against our movement.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ocasio-Cortez\u2019s criticism of AIPAC comes at a time when the Democratic Party is grappling with increasing anti-Israel sentiment among far-left lawmakers. Her fellow\u200c &#8220;squad&#8221; members have recently intensified their attacks on\u2064 Israel, labeling it a &#8220;racist state&#8221; and boycotting Israeli President \u2063Isaac Herzog\u2019s address \u2063to Congress.<\/p>\n<p>Neither Ocasio-Cortez nor AIPAC responded \u2063to requests for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Jewish activists took to social media \u200dto condemn the congresswoman\u2019s remarks.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is truly stomach-churning how many antisemitic tropes AOC managed to fit into this \u200dmemo \u200dbashing\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AIPAC\">@AIPAC<\/a> and defending \u200cJamaal Bowman,&#8221;\u200c wrote StopAntisemitism.org, a watchdog group that fights anti-Jewish bigotry, on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>The group argued that \u200cOcasio-Cortez\u2019s\u200c letter implied that \u2064&#8221;Jews use dark money\u2064 to buy political power &#038; influence&#8221; and that they are &#8220;wealthy white racists trying to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aoc-accuses-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-elect-miller-apologizes-for-referencing-hitler\/\" title=\"Rep.-elect Miller apologizes for referencing Hitler\">pro-israel<\/a>-lobbying-group-of-funneling-dark-money-to-undermine-democracy\/&#8221; title=&#8221;AOC claims pro-Israel lobby funnels &#8216;dark money&#8217; to undermine democracy.&#8221;>suppress progressive working-class people<\/a> of color.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Arsen Ostrovsky, a pro-Israel and human rights\u200c activist, also accused Ocasio-Cortez of \u200b&#8221;invoking age-old antisemitic tropes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So, let\u200d me get this straight \u2063\u2026 \u200dIn 2018, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AOC\">@AOC<\/a> unseated an incumbent \u2064Democrat \u200cto get elected. And that was fine?&#8221; he wrote on Twitter. &#8220;But now someone challenges\u2064 her Squad bestie <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepBowman\">@RepBowman<\/a> and all of a \u200bsudden it\u2019s outrageous, and she resorts to invoking age-old antisemitic tropes against <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AIPAC\">@AIPAC<\/a>?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Bowman\u2019s anti-Israel positions have drawn\u200b criticism from Jewish leaders in \u200dhis district,\u2062 who are looking to recruit a primary \u2062challenger. \u200bHe participated in the boycott of Herzog last month and objected to a House resolution\u2064 defending Israel against accusations of racism.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>week in which she criticized AIPAC for allegedly supporting candidates who oppose her progressive agenda. Her remarks sparked backlash, with critics accusing her of perpetuating antisemitic stereotypes. 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