'Dangerous Precedent': Record AIPAC Spending Helps George Latimer Defeat Jamaal Bowman | Common Dreams
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"Jamaal and our movement were such a threat to right-wing power, to GOP megadonors, and to AIPAC's influence in Congress that they had to spend $15 million to defeat us," said one progressive organizer.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16955018

“Jamaal and our movement were such a threat to right-wing power, to GOP megadonors, and to AIPAC’s influence in Congress that they had to spend $15 million to defeat us,” said one progressive organizer.

  • HobbitFoot English
    -1•3 months ago

    Organization trumps money. The problem is that a lot of progressive organizations aren’t able to mobilize voters for elections like this.

    • @Aqarius
      7•3 months ago

      Organising requires funds, though.

    • @CrashumbcEnglish
      2•3 months ago

      It hasn’t yet, so that’s a false statement.