'The reason that they're aligning with certain candidates is because they are more aligned with their more hawkish positions on Israel and because they fear that other candidates will be more progressive and aligned with the Palestinians.'
in the U.S. to a minimum in Congress, the powerful American Israel Public Affairs Committee is pulling out all the stops to defeat progressive candidates including state Rep. Summer Lee in Pennsylvania's 12th District, where voters are going to the polls Tuesday.
About $100,000 from the group has gone to support attorney Steve Irwin while a majority of the ads UDP has paid for have attacked Lee as someone who only"calls herself a Democrat" due to her criticism of President Joe Biden during the 2020 primary race. "The United Democracy Project sounds innocuous and the advertising that they're running in these districts is about healthcare and reproductive rights and things that have nothing to do with Israel," Logan Bayroff, a spokesperson for J Street,"But the reason that they're aligning with certain candidates is because they are more aligned with their more hawkish positions on Israel," he added,"and because they fear that other candidates will be more progressive and...
Lee has received endorsements from several pro-Palestinian rights lawmakers including Sen. Bernie Sanders and Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Rashida Tlaib .said Monday, UDP's involvement in the race between Lee and Irwin has appeared to have its intended effect on polling.Lee with a 25-point lead over Irwin and a high approval rating among likely primary voters.
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