AIPAC’s super PAC, which is backing Wesley Bell, used distorted photos of Bush as part of a $7 million ad blitz against the progressive incumbent.

IN THE FIRST month of its spending in a Missouri congressional election, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee poured $3 million into the race to unseat Squad member Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo.

AIPAC’s super PAC, United Democracy Project, has gone on to spend a total of $7 million so far to oust Bush. Its recent mailers, reviewed by The Intercept, show images of Bush with distorted features that make her forehead look bigger and elongate her features.

Bush condemned the ads as part of a trope of using racist caricatures to target candidates based on their ethnicity.

“It is shameful that, in 2024, our communities are still being targeted with such blatant racism from political campaigns, let alone in a Democratic primary,” Bush said in a statement to The Intercept. “The people of St. Louis deserve better than to see their first Black Congresswoman racistly distorted into a caricature — I shouldn’t have to ask my opponent to condemn his biggest funders for putting out an ad like this and to apologize to the people of this district.”

  • circuscritic
    14•5 months ago

    AIPAC isn’t a Jewish lobby, it’s an Israeli lobby.

    To that end, they would absolutely like Jewish caricatures to turn up in campaign ads and just in general. Anything that helps push Jewish migration to Israel.

    Their biggest objective is securing migration to Israel to bolster it’s population. Population transfers with Russia are one of the biggest reasons why Israel didn’t go against them in regards to overtly supporting Ukraine.

    So, rising ambient levels anti-semitism are actually good for AIPAC. They won’t say that publicly, but it’s not exactly a secret.

    • @jumjummy
      5•5 months ago

      Makes sense, and definitely an important distinction to make.