• @givesomefucks
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    298 months ago

    AIPAc spent like 14 million against him.

    I think it I saw an article about how this was the most expensive primary for the House.

    So yeah, because of his stance on Palestine (which was “genocide bad”) Israel interfered in our election.

    But Schumer, Harrison, and Biden take more AIPAC money that pretty much anyone else, so they’re going to say this proves voters don’t want progress and love genocide.or some other crazy shit.

    Our system is broken and abused, and a D by someone’s name clearly isn’t enough anymore.

    • worldwidewave
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      248 months ago

      This is all right, I’ll just add that Bowman was among the first to call for a ceasefire in Gaza, basically right after Oct 7th happened. A number of large progressive Dems have rallied to his side (including Bernie and AOC this past weekend), which clearly wasn’t enough.

      This was also a D primary, so everyone had a D by their name.

      • @givesomefucks
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        138 months ago

        This was also a D primary, so everyone had a D by their name.

        My point was Bowman’s opponent took 14 million from a foreign government to support their genocide

        He has a D by his name, but he’s a piece of shit. If the party has standards he wouldn’t be in the party

        But the party doesn’t have standards, because the party leaders take AIPAC money too.

        Like, I thought it was pretty clear already, is it making sense yet?

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          Yup, what’s important for people to understand is that AIPAC is the single largest source of GOP money in Democratic primaries and campaigns.

          They take money from right-wing billionaires and use it to back right-wing Democrats who they know can be relied upon to be obstructionist.

          AIPAC funding needs to be banned within the party, same as they did with the NRA who tried to do the same thing.

          • @[email protected]
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            178 months ago

            With Hillary weighing in on the side of AIPAC to endorse the challenger, I’d say that the establishment is pretty comfortable taking AIPAC’s money.

            • @Viking_Hippie
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              78 months ago

              I REALLY wish she’d just shut up and enjoy her long overdue retirement already 😮‍💨

        • @Sanctus
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          Because the heads of the party are pocketing Israeli checks.

          The D or R does not matter when it comes to Israel and its disgusting.

          The only way to end it is to end lobbying.

            • @Sanctus
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              38 months ago

              It corrupts everyone. You aren’t keeping up with people taking 459 million “campaign donations” if you don’t. Its fucked. But yes, I’m glad we’re not both sidesing for a second and pointing out something that should never have been allowed in the first place.

      • @[email protected]
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        108 months ago

        Not everyone was a D, at least not the voters. There was a massive push to reregister a lot of Republicans and Independents as Democrats.