{"id":29579,"date":"2023-11-02T13:32:14","date_gmt":"2023-11-02T20:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=29579"},"modified":"2023-11-02T13:32:15","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T20:32:15","slug":"as-aipac-boosts-israel-military-aid-package-aoc-says-group-is-no-friend-to-american-democracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2023\/11\/02\/as-aipac-boosts-israel-military-aid-package-aoc-says-group-is-no-friend-to-american-democracy\/","title":{"rendered":"As AIPAC Boosts Israel Military Aid Package, AOC Says Group Is ‘No Friend to American Democracy’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) speaks during a July 26, 2023 House Oversight Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Photo: Drew Angerer\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“It is past time for us to recognize how toxic of a presence AIPAC has been in our political system,” said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

JULIA CONLEY<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nov 01, 2023 (CommonDreams.org)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez<\/a> on Tuesday dismissed the latest political attack by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee\u2014the powerful anti-Palestinian rights lobbying group\u2014on a lawmaker who rejected legislation endorsed by the organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AIPAC, the New York Democrat suggested, has little credibility when it claims to fight for democracy and security in the U.S. by supporting Israel’s violent policies in Palestine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ocasio-Cortez responded to a social media post<\/a> by AIPAC, which backs both Democratic and Republican political candidates as long as they unquestioningly support Israel’s policies\u2014including the war it has waged against civilians in Gaza in retaliation for an attack by Hamas last month. The group criticized Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) for being the only Republican who voted against House Resolution 771, which stated<\/a> that the U.S. stands “with Israel as it defends itself.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AIPAC also denounced <\/a>Massie on Tuesday for announcing he would vote against a separate resolution, scheduled to be taken up by the House Rules Committee on Wednesday, to send more than $14 billion in aid, including military funding, to Israel. AIPAC said in support of the proposal that “the U.S. is stronger when Israel is secure.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“AIPAC endorsed scores of January 6th insurrectionists. They are no friend to American democracy,” Ocasio-Cortez responded to the group’s comments on Massie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/a><\/p>— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) November 1, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote>