A new ad by the pro-Israel group’s super PAC features the son of Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel openly criticizing Bowman.
Rep. Jamaal Bowman is one of the most vulnerable progressive incumbents this cycle, facing a tough primary challenge at the end of June from Westchester County Executive George Latimer. | Francis Chung/POLITICOIt’s the most pointed attack yet by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee on Bowman’s record on Israel, and it’s delivered by the son of the famed Holocaust survivor and human rights activist Elie Wiesel.
“My father taught me that antisemitism begins with lies and conspiracy theories, and it ends with violence that consumes any society that tolerates it,” Elisha Wiesel says in. “Will you make your voice heard? Will you confront Jamaal Bowman’s lies and conspiracy theories, or will you sit by silently?”— are run by AIPAC’s super PAC, United Democracy Project.
Dorton did not say whether the ad would air on broadcast or cable television to reach more voters, but it could be easily adapted to do so. AIPAC has already poured more than $8 million into TV ads to oust Bowman, according to ad-tracking firm AdImpact.Bowman is one of the most vulnerable progressive incumbents this cycle, facing a tough primary challenge at the end of June from Westchester County Executive George Latimer.
Bowman’s campaign declined to comment directly and referred to a statement from Sophie Ellman-Golan, the communications director at Jews for Racial and Economic Justice, praising Bowman as a “leader for decades in fighting antisemitism and all forms of hate, as a principal and in Congress. Democratic voters won’t let these ugly smear attacks from Republican-funded AIPAC divide us.
In the aftermath of the Oct. 7 attack, AIPAC’s super PAC had targeted progressive members of Congress with digital ads criticizing them for refusing to “stand with Israel” by not voting to condemn Hamas. And last week,for previously calling reports of sexual assaults committed by the Oct. 7 attackers in Israel “propaganda” — a stance he’s since walked back.
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