{"id":2247798,"date":"2024-05-19T04:09:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-19T08:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oregon-primary-pramila-jayapals-sister-targeted-by-la-based-pac\/"},"modified":"2024-05-19T04:11:30","modified_gmt":"2024-05-19T08:11:30","slug":"oregon-primary-pramila-jayapals-sister-targeted-by-la-based-pac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oregon-primary-pramila-jayapals-sister-targeted-by-la-based-pac\/","title":{"rendered":"Oregon primary: LA PAC targets Pramila Jayapal&#8217;s sister"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/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%2Foregon-primary-pramila-jayapals-sister-targeted-by-la-based-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=2247798&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>A new PAC has spent $2.3 million \u2063against Oregon congressional candidate Susheela Jayapal, sister of Pramila Jayapal, before the primary.\u200d The PAC, Voters for Responsive Government, based in Los Angeles, has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gretchen-whitmers-dark-money-hypocrisy\/\" title=\"Gretchen Whitmer\u2019s Dark Money Hypocrisy\">undisclosed donors<\/a>\u200b and launched \u2062negative ads.\u2062 Susheela&#8217;s views on Israel may \u2064be a reason for being targeted. Concerns arise from the Jewish community regarding the \u2064sisters&#8217; alignment on Israel. An undisclosed PAC, Voters for Responsive Government, based in Los Angeles, spent $2.3 million opposing Susheela Jayapal in the Oregon primary. Susheela, sister of\u2064 Pramila Jayapal, faced negative ads\u2062 possibly due to\u2064 her Israel views.\u200c Jewish community concerns about \u200dthe sisters&#8217; alignment on Israel have been raised.  <\/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<p>A new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pacs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"political action committee\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/marriott-att-airbnbheres-the-list-of-corporations-announcing-they-wont-donate-to-gop-lawmakers-who-objected-to-electoral-votes-from-contested-states\/\" title=\"Marriott, AT&#038;T, Airbnb\u2026Here\u2019s The List Of Corporations Announcing They Won\u2019t Donate To GOP Lawmakers Who Objected To Electoral Votes From Contested States\">political action committee<\/a><\/a> has spent $2.3 million against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/oregon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"political action committee\">Oregon<\/a> congressional candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.susheelaforcongress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Susheela Jayapal\">Susheela Jayapal<\/a>, the older sister of Congressional Progressive Caucus\u00a0Chairwoman<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pramila-jayapal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Rep Pramila Jayapal\"> Pramila Jayapal<\/a> (D-WA), in the days leading up to Tuesday\u2019s primary.<\/p>\n<p>The Los Angeles-based <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opensecrets.org\/outside-spending\/detail\/2024?cmte=C00874875\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Voters for Responsive Government\">Voters for Responsive Government<\/a>, which has not publicly disclosed its donors, registered with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/federal-election-commission\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Federal Elections Commission\">Federal Election Commission<\/a> on April 1. Had it filed a day earlier, it would have been forced to disclose its donors, but because it waited, it has been allowed to spend\u00a0millions without disclosing an agenda. <\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Susheela Jayapal, a former Multnomah County commissioner (center), is one of a handful of candidates running for Oregon\u2019s 3rd Congressional District, April 11, 2024. (Dave Killen \/ The Oregonian\/The Oregonian via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to the filing, the\u00a0PAC\u2019s treasurer is Cary Davidson. <\/p>\n<p>Voters for Responsive Government launched negative ads against Jayapal, falsely accusing\u00a0her of starving cats and dogs and giving \u201ccrack pipes, straws, and tin foil to drug addicts\u201d in response to Oregon\u2019s drug crisis. <\/p>\n<p>While the ads do not mention Gaza or Israel, it is believed that Jayapal may be\u00a0being targeted for both her and her sister\u2019s stance on Israel.<\/p>\n<p>Jayapal is among seven Democrats and three Republicans on Tuesday\u2019s ballot, but only Democratic state Rep. Maxine Dexter, Democratic Gresham City Councilor Eddie Morales, and Jayapal have raised a significant amount of money and are in contention. <\/p>\n<p>Jayapal was the candidate to beat until a sudden influx of out-of-state money made its way into Oregon\u2019s race. <\/p>\n<p>The<em> Intercept<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2024\/05\/03\/portland-aipac-susheela-jayapal-maxine-dexter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"claimed\">claimed<\/a> Jayapal is being targeted by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aipac.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"AIPAC\">AIPAC<\/a>, which has been funneling money into the race through 314 Action. The deep-pocketed\u00a0pro-Israel political community signaled its strategy to go after Jayapal early on, based on concerns her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/these-are-the-reasons-herschel-walker-could-survive-abortion-allegations\/\" title=\"These Are the Reasons Herschel Walker Could Survive Abortion Allegations\">views align<\/a> with her sister\u2019s, who was one of the first to call for a ceasefire in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>According to a December <em>Jewish Insider<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/jewishinsider.com\/2023\/12\/susheela-jayapal-portland-democratic-primary-jewish-leaders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"story\">story<\/a> titled \u201cJayapal sister\u2019s congressional candidacy alarming Portland Jewish leaders,\u201d there are concerns among the Jewish community that the two sisters\u2019 views on Israel may be too aligned for comfort.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile the elder Jayapal, 61, had no discernible history of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/prince-philip-dies-at-99-after-an-exemplary-life-of-duty-and-service-to-both-his-country-and-his-wife-queen-elizabeth-ii\/\" title=\"Prince Philip Dies At 99, After An Exemplary Life Of Duty And Service To Both His Country And His Wife, Queen Elizabeth II\">public engagement<\/a> on Middle East policy until recently, her approach to the war between Israel and Hamas suggests there is little distance between the two siblings on such matters \u2014 fueling concerns among local pro-Israel advocates who have yet to coalesce behind a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mitt-romney-to-join-susan-collins-oppose-neera-tanden-confirmation\/\" title=\"Mitt Romney To Join Susan Collins, Oppose Neera Tanden Confirmation\">viable candidate<\/a>,\u201d the article said. <\/p>\n<p>The article also noted that \u201clocal pro-Israel advocates \u2026 have yet to coalesce behind a viable candidate,\u201d and it named Dexter as a possibility. Dexter launched her campaign later that day. <\/p>\n<p>Jayapal and Morales have both spoken out about the lack of transparency and has\u00a0called on Dexter and 314 Action to be more transparent about their donors.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaxine Dexter claims to be for transparency in politics, but she and 314 Action are engaged in a dishonest and cynical ploy to obscure the donors propping up her campaign until just one day before the primary,\u201d they said in a joint statement. \u201cAt a time when MAGA Republican mega-donors are interfering in Democratic primaries across the country, particularly against qualified candidates of color, voters deserve to know who is trying to buy this seat for a centrist candidate who doesn\u2019t even live in the district.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Outside money has also been pouring into Oregon\u2019s 5th Congressional District race, which has prompted allegations from Democrats that Republicans are trying to push through a weaker candidate in order to help GOP incumbent Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer score a November win.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the money, $475,000 that has been spent on ads and mail, has come from 314 Action.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER \">CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Like Voters for Responsive Government, 314 Action Fund will have to disclose its donors on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Calls to Jayapal were not returned. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the days before the Oregon primary, a new PAC, Voters for Responsive Government, spent $2.3 million opposing Susheela Jayapal, a candidate in the race. Susheela is the older sister of Pramila Jayapal, Chairwoman of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. The PAC, based in Los Angeles, remains undisclosed regarding its donors since registering with the FEC in April<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2646,"featured_media":2247799,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24138650100137.jpg.optimal.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2247798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24138650100137.jpg.optimal.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2247798","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\/2646"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2247798"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2247798\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2247799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2247798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2247798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2247798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}