{"id":2222541,"date":"2024-04-16T16:34:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-16T20:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/michigan-dem-senate-candidate-says-opponents-pro-israel-stance-driven-by-donor-money\/"},"modified":"2024-04-16T16:35:46","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T20:35:46","slug":"michigan-dem-senate-candidate-says-opponents-pro-israel-stance-driven-by-donor-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/michigan-dem-senate-candidate-says-opponents-pro-israel-stance-driven-by-donor-money\/","title":{"rendered":"Michigan Democratic Senate candidate accuses opponent of pro-Israel stance influenced by donor contributions"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fmichigan-dem-senate-candidate-says-opponents-pro-israel-stance-driven-by-donor-money%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=2222541&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>Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Hill Harper\u200b accuses <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-you-need-to-know-about-trumps-latest-drug-pricing-moves\/\" title=\"What You Need To Know About Trump\u2019s Latest Drug Pricing Moves\">opponent<\/a> Elissa\u200d Slotkin of prioritizing\u2064 campaign\u200c donations \u200cover <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-official-tries-to-walk-back-gas-stove-ban-talk\/\" title=\"Biden Official Tries to Walk Back Gas Stove Ban Talk\">policy integrity<\/a> by supporting Israel. Harper questions Slotkin&#8217;s commitment \u2063to \u200dcriticizing Israel\u2063 and\u200d implies her actions are influenced by financial contributions. \u200bThe comments reflect a trend of anti-Israel sentiment towards Slotkin, Michigan&#8217;s sole Jewish representative, in a state with a sizeable Muslim\u2062 population.  <\/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>\n<h2>Hill Harper says Jewish representative Elissa Slotkin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-releases-bizarre-video-claiming-her-family-has-celebrated-kwanzaa-since-her-childhood\/\" title=\"Kamala Harris Releases Bizarre Video Claiming Her Family Has Celebrated Kwanzaa Since Her Childhood\">pandering<\/a> for campaign &#8216;checks&#8217;<\/h2>\n<figure><figcaption> \t\t\t\t \t\t\t\tHill Harper and Rep. Elissa Slotkin (Jemal Countess &#038; Drew Angerer\/Getty Images)\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>A Democratic Senate candidate in Michigan said his Jewish opponent\u2019s support for Israel is driven by donor money, in an interview on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Hill Harper, a politician and actor known for his roles on <em>CSI:NY<\/em> and <em>The Good Doctor<\/em> said Rep. Elissa Slotkin, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-gov-gavin-newsom-met-secretly-with-prince-harry-meghan-markle-ahead-of-election\/\" title=\"California Gov. Gavin Newsom Met \u2018Secretly\u2019 With Prince Harry, Meghan Markle Ahead Of Election\">frontrunner<\/a> for Michigan\u2019s Democratic Senate primary, was pandering for campaign &#8220;checks&#8221; by not sufficiently criticizing Israel.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My opponent still hasn\u2019t called for a ceasefire. Probably won\u2019t. Because why? Checks,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5WV6a3NIf5g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> Harper, while mimicking signing a checkbook.<\/p>\n<p>Harper\u2014who failed to note that Slotkin <a href=\"https:\/\/spectrumlocalnews.com\/nys\/central-ny\/politics\/2024\/02\/22\/democratic-u-s--reps--demand-gaza-ceasefire-in-letter-to-president-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">called<\/a> for an Israeli ceasefire in February\u2014was speaking in an interview with <em>Forum<\/em> magazine. His comments echo other far-left Democrats, including Rep. Ilhan Omar (Minn.), whose 2019 claim that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-jews-vs-the-world\/\" title=\"The Jews vs. The World\">congressional support<\/a> for Israel was &#8220;all about the Benjamins&#8221; was widely condemned as anti-Semitic.<\/p>\n<p>Harper\u2019s remarks are part of a rise in anti-Israel attacks against Slotkin, the only Jewish member of Michigan\u2019s congressional delegation, in a state with the largest Muslim population in the country.<\/p>\n<p>So far in the campaign, Slotkin has tread a cautious line on the Israel-Hamas war. While Slotkin <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepSlotkin\/status\/1779585943348838505\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">denounced<\/a> Iran for its &#8220;unprecedented&#8221; aerial bombing of Israel last weekend, she has also admonished the Israeli military for civilian deaths and pushed for more humanitarian aid to Hamas-controlled Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>But her criticism of the Jewish state hasn\u2019t appeased anti-Israel activists in Michigan. On Monday, protesters rallied outside Slotkin\u2019s press conference, which she had called to announce her collection of campaign signatures.<\/p>\n<p>Activists <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DNBethLeBlanc\/status\/1779893647120478568\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">waved<\/a> a large Palestinian flag and banner reading: &#8220;Slotkin stop the genocide.&#8221;\u00a0One protester accused Slotkin of having &#8220;blind support of Israel&#8217;s slaughter of the Gazans&#8221; in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/detroit\/news\/pro-palestinian-group-urges-elissa-slotkin-call-for-ceasefire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">interview<\/a> with CBS News.\t<\/p>\n<p>Political observers have warned that the Israel-Gaza debate could impact the presidential and down-ballot races in Michigan, a crucial swing state. In February, over 100,000 Democrats <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/elections\/protest-vote-gets-traction-in-michigan-spelling-trouble-for-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">voted<\/a> &#8220;uncommitted&#8221; instead of for President Joe Biden in the state\u2019s primary, after anti-Israel activists organized a protest vote.<\/p>\n<p>Slotkin remains the clear Democratic frontrunner in the Senate primary. A poll in March <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.fivethirtyeight.com\/polls\/senate\/2024\/michigan\/democratic-primary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">showed<\/a> her leading Harper by 48 points. The Michigan race is expected to be one of the most competitive in the country and could decide party control of the U.S. Senate next fall.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Hill Harper alleges opponent Elissa Slotkin is soliciting campaign funds by supporting Israel. In an interview on Monday, Harper criticized Slotkin, suggesting her stance is influenced by donors. Harper, a prominent figure in politics and entertainment, voiced concerns over what he sees as pandering for financial support<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":120,"featured_media":2222542,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/MixCollage-16-Apr-2024-03-07-PM-8658.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2222541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/MixCollage-16-Apr-2024-03-07-PM-8658.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2222541","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\/120"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2222541"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2222541\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2222542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2222541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2222541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2222541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}