Queen Congress Member Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
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Bronx/Queens Congress Member Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez caused a firestorm on social media this week when she blasted the pro-Israel lobbying group AIPAC — calling them “no friend to American democracy.”
The dust up began in response to a public relations campaign by AIPAC (the American Israel Public Affairs Committee) against Kentucky Congress Member Thomas Massie, a far-right Republican, after he voted against a House resolution symbolically supporting Israel in their ongoing war against Hamas.
Massie was the only Republican to vote against the resolution, aligning himself with Ocasio-Cortez and other far-left members of the House — which prompted AIPAC to single out Massie on X (formerly known as Twitter).
Ocasio-Cortez then called out the powerful advocacy organization for its support of legislators who participated in the attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election, and for allegedly targeting lawmakers of color.
“AIPAC endorsed scores of Jan. 6th insurrectionists. They are no friend to American democracy,” the Bronx/Queens representative said on X. “They are one of the more racist and bigoted PACs in Congress as well, who disproportionately target members of color. They are an extremist organization that destabilizes US democracy.”
AIPAC endorsed scores of Jan 6th insurrectionists. They are no friend to American democracy.
They are one of the more racist and bigoted PACs in Congress as well, who disproportionately target members of color.
They are an extremist organization that destabilizes US democracy. https://t.co/I7KeLBHttJ
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) November 1, 2023
Ocasio-Cortez’s accusation that AIPAC supports insurrectionists stems from the organization’s endorsement of 109 Republican members of Congress who previously voted to overturn President Joe Biden’s 2020 victory, including the Speaker of the House, Louisiana Republican Mike…
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