Posted on 03/10/2019 7:35:33 AM PDT by SJackson
Some accused congresswoman of antisemitism while others denounced ‘ugly attacks’ on her
When the Democratic congresswoman Ilhan Omar claimed pro-Israel lobby money influenced American politics, in the way other powerful lobbying groups do, she ignited allegations of antisemitism and sparked a furious debate in her own party. But a look at House Democrats and 2020 presidential candidates’ responses to the resulting row seems to validate her claim.
House Democratic leaders who drafted a resolution initially aimed at condemning Omar’s remarks received millions from the pro-Israel lobby throughout their congressional careers. Congressman Eliot Engel, who accused Omar of using “a vile antisemitic slur”, has taken about $1.07m throughout his career, or about $107,000 per election.
Meanwhile, some of her staunchest defenders took little or no money from the lobby. Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib received no pro-Israel lobby donations during her 2018 campaign, and tweeted that she was “honored” to serve with Omar, who was enduring “ugly attacks”.
Similarly, federal election records available on the Center for Responsive Politics’ OpenSecrets website suggest a correlation between pro-Israel lobby campaign contributions and Democratic presidential candidates’ position on the controversy.
Those candidates who have taken little money from the lobby defended Omar, while those who received the most money criticized her, or were quiet on the issue.
(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...
..................
Needless to say most of those taking money from the "pro Israel" lobby, whatever that is, are Democrats, implied bigots per the author.
Most interesting are the stats the author "uses" from opensecrets.
In 2018 the "pro Israel" lobby gave a little over $14.8 million, 2/3 to Democrats.
In 2018 the top "pro Israel" lobby groups were led by J Street at just over $4million all to dems, NorPac just over $1 million, and the RJC at about $500,000. The Joint Action Cmte for Political Affairs gave just over $300,000 to dems, The Florida Congressional Cmte $278,000 to Republicans. No one else donated over $200,000. Doubt you get to $14.5 million that way. However opensecrets notes The numbers on this page are based on contributions from PACs and individuals giving $200 or more. Which means someone, somewhere, is compiling "statistics" on who Jews donate to. Based I assume on Jewish sounding names, you don't have to disclose religion when making donations. Then assuming all donors with Jewish sounding names are pro Israel. Weird science. Note this data includes donates reported to the FEC only.
Pro isreal lobbies donating to rat constituency un knowingly could funnel this money to the muzzies very easily
Maybe we forbid all politicians from receiving money from any lobbying groups. Let’s see where that goes.
Most of any presidential administration comes from the big law/lobbyist firms. Pres. Trump draws mostly on Kirkland & Ellis and Jones-Day.
Support for Israel, ironically, is far more sentimental than the typical lobbyist influenced issue. Israel gets a bargain based on sentiment compared to Saudi Arabia, who pays top dollar for all support.
Lobbying groups don't make donations, that's done through associated PACs, which could be done. And individuals, which could be restricted. Leaves the field clear for unions. Disclosure is a much better alternative. And enforcement.
That's true.
So much to Dems for so little return. J Street, of course, is a front. So 4 million can be discounted. And the figure is still staggering, considering that the Dems can’t even reign in their junior congresspeople, or pass a boiler-plate resolution, and one wonders if they even want to.
Yes, JStreet is a political front for the Dems. After all, AIPAC says nice things about supporters of Israel regardless of party. JStreet discriminates. Intersectionality. An ardent supporter of Israel, who opposes abortion on demand, BOOOOOOOOO.
They ardently support Israel and want it to commit suicide.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.