Yesterday Jamaal Bowman, a member of the so-called Squad of progressive politicians in the U.S. House of Representatives, lost his hotly contested primary election in New York’s 16th District.
This primary race between him and George Latimer broke records as the most expensive primary race for the House of Representatives in U.S. history. Political action committees affiliated with AIPAC, the American Israel Political Affairs Committee, poured over $15 million dollars into the race to boost Latimer’s campaign.
AIPAC and its affiliated groups pledged to spend $100 million during the 2024 election cycle to promote pro-Israel candidates. I spoke to Michael Arria today about the impact of Bowman’s loss and whether AIPAC is really as influential as it claims to be.
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Articles and Links mentioned in the show
- Latimer defeats Bowman with $15 million worth of help from AIPAC, Michael Arria
- What Jamaal Bowman’s defeat means, Mitchell Plitnick
- For opposing genocide, Bowman is framed as antisemitic — by liberal Zionists, Phil Weiss
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