{"id":2284344,"date":"2024-06-26T22:57:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-27T02:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ayanna-pressley-condemns-dark-money-in-politics-after-bowman-primary-defeat-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-06-26T22:59:48","modified_gmt":"2024-06-27T02:59:48","slug":"ayanna-pressley-condemns-dark-money-in-politics-after-bowman-primary-defeat-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ayanna-pressley-condemns-dark-money-in-politics-after-bowman-primary-defeat-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Ayanna Pressley condemns \u2018dark money\u2019 in politics after Bowman primary defeat &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">28<\/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%2Fayanna-pressley-condemns-dark-money-in-politics-after-bowman-primary-defeat-washington-examiner%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=2284344&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>Representative Ayanna Pressley\u2063 (D-MA) labeled \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-musk-i-got-a-covid-test-four-times-in-one-day-two-came-back-negative-two-came-back-positive-the-daily-wire\/\" title=\"Elon Musk: I Got A COVID Test Four Times In One Day. \u2018Two Came Back Negative, Two Came Back Positive.\u2019 | The Daily Wire\">special interests<\/a>\u201d groups like the American\u200b Israel Public Affairs Committee as a &#8220;threat to democracy.&#8221; \u2063This remark followed the electoral defeat of Representative Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) by his primary opponent, George Latimer, which occurred on a Tuesday.\u2062 It appears \u2064there is a contention \u200dthat certain lobbying groups, like the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democratic-senator-claims-rant-during-barrett-confirmation-is-reason-court-upheld-obamacare\/\" title=\"Democratic Senator Claims Rant During Barrett Confirmation Is Reason Court Upheld Obamacare\">influencing political outcomes<\/a> to a \u200ddegree that some politicians, such as Representative Ayanna Pressley, view as\u200d outsize or potentially damaging to democratic processes.\u200b This view likely\u200b stems from the broader debate \u200babout the role of money and lobby\u200d groups in U.S. politics, where large amounts \u200bof funding \u200cand advocacy efforts can significantly impact public policy\u2064 and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-poised-to-reject-democratic-challenge-to-arizona-election-laws\/\" title=\"Supreme Court Poised to Reject Democratic Challenge to Arizona Election Laws\">election outcomes<\/a>. Such debates are integral to discussions on transparency and fairness \u200dwithin the democratic system.  <\/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_79\">\n<p>Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ayanna-pressley\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Ayanna Pressley<\/a> (D-MA) called \u201cspecial interests\u201d such as the American Israel Public Affairs Committee a \u201cthreat to democracy\u201d after Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jamaal-bowman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Jamaal Bowman<\/a> (D-NY) was defeated by his primary opponent, George Latimer, on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis unprecedented sum of money, $20 million \u2026 we can not allow special interests, dark money, super PACs to buy congressional seats,\u201d Pressley said while speaking with Joy Reid on MSNBC.<\/p>\n<p>Bowman lost his reelection bid on Tuesday to Latimer, who received heavy financial backing from AIPAC, a pro-Israel super PAC. It was the most expensive House race in the nation\u2019s history, with AIPAC donating more than $14 million alone to Latimer\u2019s campaign. <\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>It has been an honor to serve alongside <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JamaalBowmanNY?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JamaalBowmanNY<\/a> in Congress.<\/p>\n<p>His voice and perspective will be missed in our caucus.<\/p>\n<p>Allowing special interests to buy elections is a threat to our democracy and we must get dark money out of our politics. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pPDZ21Rw0r\">pic.twitter.com\/pPDZ21Rw0r<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 Ayanna Pressley (@AyannaPressley) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AyannaPressley\/status\/1806130977879810422?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 27, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bowman and other members of the progressive \u201cSquad\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3059302\/bowman-ouster-spells-trouble-house-progressives-israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>have been targeted<\/a> by AIPAC this election cycle for their criticism of Israel. At first, Bowman tried to distance himself from the anti-Israel rhetoric, but he eventually criticized the Jewish state for its military campaign in Gaza, earning the ire of AIPAC and other groups.<\/p>\n<p>With Bowman ousted from his seat, other House progressives have lost a key ally. Rep. Cori Bush\u2019s (D-MO) race has also been selected by pro-Israel groups such as AIPAC as an opportunity to oust the Democrat.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) labeled &#8220;special interests&#8221; like the American Israel Public Affairs Committee a &#8220;threat to democracy&#8221; following Rep. Jamaal Bowman&#8217;s (D-NY) primary loss to George Latimer. She criticized the $20 million spent, condemning the influence of special interests, dark money, and super PACs in purchasing congressional seats<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2542,"featured_media":2284345,"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\/06\/Ayanna-Pressley.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[32973,32974,27910,5894,32076],"class_list":["post-2284344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-ayanna-pressley","tag-bowman-primary-defeat","tag-dark-money","tag-politics","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Ayanna-Pressley.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2284344","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=2284344"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2284344\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2284345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2284344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2284344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2284344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}