how AIPAC, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, is spending millions of dollars in primary races to defeat progressive Democrats. In Michigan, where voters go to the polls on Tuesday for a primary election, AIPAC has spent over $3 million targeting Andy Levin, a two-term member of Congress. Levin is a former president of his synagogue. He comes from one of the most prominent Jewish political families in Michigan. His father, Sander Levin, served in Congress, and his uncle Carl Levin was a U.S. senator. Congressmember Andy Levin is a self-described Zionist who supports a two-state solution. But earlier this year, a former president of AIPAC described Levin as, quote, “arguably the most corrosive member of Congress to the U.S.-Israel relationship.” Due to redistricting, Levin’s opponent in Tuesday’s primary is another incumbent, Haley Stevens, who has embraced AIPAC’s support.
they recently established a regular PAC and a super PAC. But between the money they bundled and the money in the dark money they’re spending independently, I believe it’s up over $4.2 million, Amy, just to try to take down a progressive Jewish congressperson, who — I don’t know if you remember, but I think I first appeared on your show when I created and ran Union Summer in 1996. So, I’m a little bit unusual as a member of Congress.
— source democracynow.org | Jul 29, 2022