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"Vote blue no matter who" was always projection (slrpnk.net)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world
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[–] 29 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Find me a politician on the US national stage who isn't funded by AIPAC.

Massie doesn't count.

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  • [–] 53 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Ilhan Omar, Bernie Sanders, Rashida Tlaib, Summer Lee, AOC (though she's compromised with the party leadership on Israel's genocide to an abhorrent degree nonetheless), Ayanna Presley, Cory Bush (successfully primaried over it) and Jamaal Bowman (ditto), and everyone else not listed here.

    They're a small minority for sure, but they exist and pretending otherwise just feeds into the manipulative establishment "electability" narrative that they use to poison the public against progressive candidates.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    What do you mean national stage? Because I can think of at least a handful.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    For example, there is a New York state congress versus the US Federal Congress, they probably meant a distinction there because obviously state congressmen won't get very much PAC money.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    Oh of course; in that case then Sanders, AOC, Warren, Jayapal, Omar, Tlaib.

    There are some others who have really low amounts of donations, like Tim Walz which I'll let slide; but if looking at FEC reports of the top offenders like Jeffries and Schumer, they've got millions from AIPAC.

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