{"id":2211410,"date":"2024-04-02T13:11:52","date_gmt":"2024-04-02T17:11:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/squad-democrats-decision-to-freeze-out-biden-puts-her-in-hot-water-with-super-pac\/"},"modified":"2024-04-02T13:12:28","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T17:12:28","slug":"squad-democrats-decision-to-freeze-out-biden-puts-her-in-hot-water-with-super-pac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/squad-democrats-decision-to-freeze-out-biden-puts-her-in-hot-water-with-super-pac\/","title":{"rendered":"Democratic &#8216;Squad&#8217; member&#8217;s move to distance herself from Biden lands her in trouble with super PAC"},"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\">32<\/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%2Fsquad-democrats-decision-to-freeze-out-biden-puts-her-in-hot-water-with-super-pac%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=2211410&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--><p>First-term Rep. Summer \u200cLee\u200b (D-PA), a member of \u200cthe &#8220;Squad,&#8221; faces criticism from \u200dModerate PAC for not cooperating with the president. The PAC, dedicated to supporting \u2064centrists, is running a $150,000 ad in Pittsburgh \u200dto safeguard centrist lawmakers like Lee. \u2063Concerns arise that Lee&#8217;s \u2064opposition to the president might impact Biden&#8217;s chances in the upcoming election. First-term Representative Summer Lee (D-PA), associated with the &#8220;Squad,&#8221; is under fire from\u2063 the Moderate PAC for her lack of collaboration with\u2062 the president. The\u2062 PAC, focused on backing centrists, is investing $150,000 in an ad campaign in Pittsburgh to protect \u2064centrist legislators \u2064like Lee. There are \u2063concerns that Lee&#8217;s \u200bstance \u200dagainst the\u200c president could influence Biden&#8217;s\u200b prospects in the upcoming election.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p>\u201cSquad\u201d member and<strong> <\/strong>first-term Rep. <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pennsylvania\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Summer Lee<\/a> (D-PA) has become the target of Moderate PAC for her track record of not working with the president.<\/p>\n<p>Moderate PAC, which was created to protect and put centrists in office, is launching a $150,000 ad this week in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pittsburgh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Pittsburgh<\/a> media market. Though the PAC purports to protect centrist lawmakers, Ty Strong, the PAC\u2019s president, sounded the alarm that a Republican could win Lee\u2019s seat in <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>November<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBiden and Democrats need to win Pennsylvania to prevent Donald Trump from becoming president,\u201d Strong told <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/04\/02\/summer-lee-biden-ad?utm_source=newsletter&#038;utm_medium=email&#038;utm_campaign=newsletter_axiossneakpeek&#038;stream=top\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Axios<\/a><\/em>. \u201cSummer Lee is part of the far-left \u2018uncommitted\u2019 movement, a movement that does not align with the voters of Pittsburgh.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The group worries that Lee\u2019s criticism of the president will damage President<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\" Joe Biden\"> Joe Biden<\/a> come Election Day. <\/p>\n<p>In the advertisement, the narrator mentions that Lee and the \u201cSquad\u201d gave Biden the cold shoulder at the State of the Union address. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cRep. Summer Lee is opposing President Biden. She and the \u2018Squad\u2019 gave him the cold shoulder at the State of the Union,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RAmQkdiQeYo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">narrator says<\/a>. \u201cWe need a representative who will work with Biden.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lee also <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UnitedDemocProj\/status\/1522307022192062464\/photo\/2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>tweeted<\/a> back in 2021 that the plan was to \u201cdismantle\u201d the Democratic Party. <\/p>\n<p>Strong <a href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2024\/03\/20\/summer-lee-ads-moderate-pac-gop-jeff-yass\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>told<\/a> the <em>Intercept<\/em> all of the money for the ads had been raised by Pittsburgh labor unions and members of the community. <\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the congressional primary on April 23, Lee is being challenged by Bhavini Patel. She has received the endorsements of several mayors located in the district. <\/p>\n<p>Other organizations and PACs have worked to unseat Lee and her fellow \u201cSquad\u201d members. The American Israel Public Affairs Committee plans to drop $100 million to oppose progressives who fail to show support for Israel. <\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Hamas-Israel war has become a central issue dividing the Democratic Party \u2014 driving a wedge between progressives and the president. Some voters have shown their disapproval of Biden\u2019s handling of the war by choosing to cast \u201cuncommitted\u201d votes in primary contests. <\/p>\n<p>The war has also been a point of discussion during a forum held last month in which Patel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wesa.fm\/politics-government\/2024-02-23\/israel-hamas-war-lee-patel-democratic-primary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>criticized<\/a> Lee for accepting donations from Palestinian activists who have been criticized by the Anti-Defamation League for their anti-Jewish rhetoric.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First-term Rep. Summer Lee (D-PA), a &#8220;Squad&#8221; member, faces Moderate PAC&#8217;s criticism for not collaborating with the president. The PAC, aiming to support centrists, plans a $150,000 ad in Pittsburgh. Despite its mission to safeguard centrists, Lee&#8217;s stance seems to conflict with the PAC&#8217;s objectives<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2542,"featured_media":2211411,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP24039102437916-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2211410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP24039102437916-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2211410","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\/2542"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2211410"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2211410\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2211411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2211410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2211410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2211410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}