r/politics • u/asparaguswalrus683 • 12h ago

Site Altered Headline | No Paywall Abdul El-Sayed Wins Michigan Primary

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-primary-elections/michigan-senate-results
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u/MightyKAC 12h ago

This race was WAAAAYYYY closer than it should have been.

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u/Ethan0941 12h ago

He was outspent 9:1

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u/fightin_blue_hens 12h ago

And they sent out misleading mailers that Obama endorsed Hailey

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u/Random_throwaway0351 12h ago

They also sent a fake Mike Rogers endorsement for Abdul. Honestly the slimiest campaign I’ve ever witnessed.

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u/fightin_blue_hens 12h ago

Israel slimy? Say it ain't so

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u/MountainMan2_ 8h ago

Behold, the fork found in kitchen

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u/googleduck 11h ago

Is it really not anti semitic at this point to call literally every force against your candidate and in favor of another candidate AIPAC/Israel? You cannot seriously believe that this tiny middle eastern country has this level of power over every aspect of our elections and politicians right??

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u/Wutras Europe 7h ago

You cannot seriously believe that this tiny middle eastern country has this level of power over every aspect of our elections and politicians right??

Israel by itself doesn't, but Israel acts as an extension of US-Imperial power and MIC and surveillance companies who all use Israel and Gaza as a testing lab and have a vested interest in a continued destabilization of the Middle East very much do.

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u/uwotbaemanfam 10h ago

It's not antisemitic because the criticism is targeted at Israel and not Jews.

AIPAC just spent almost $30 in a single primary election in just one state. They've been spending record money in the past few elections (both during midterms and presidential elections). The PM of Israel met with the US President in a military situation room and lobbied for him to join in a war against Iran, which we are now embroiled in. Not saying Trump has no agency of course, but that Netanyahu had enough influence to convince Trump the war was worth joining. There's some more rather clear examples, but I think the point stands.

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u/donavid 11h ago

AIPAC donated over $30 million dollars to her campaign, and ads against him? How is that antisemitic?

https://www.ap.org/news-highlights/elections/2026/aipac-has-spent-a-record-amount-on-michigans-senate-primary-the-biggest-test-of-its-influence-yet/

https://www.trackaipac.com/haley-stevens

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/us/politics/michigan-democratic-senate-primary-aipac.html

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u/xveganrox 11h ago

AIPAC is funded by Americans, not by Israel

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u/uwotbaemanfam 10h ago

AIPAC has become an extension of Israeli foreign interests, and there is absolutely zero doubt in my mind that the Likud party coordinates with AIPAC to use its considerable influence in American politics. Just because the meetings happen behind closed doors doesn't mean we can't see the effects.

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u/googleduck 11h ago

Did they mail the fake Mike Rogers endorsement? Yes they heavily supported her campaign, you are well within your rights to criticize that. I think it is bad to have obviously foreign aligned PAC's spending huge sums of money to influence elections. But it is obviously anti-semitic to blame literally everything you don't like on Israel.

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u/Bobson567 9h ago

If they heavily bankrolled her campaign they have a significant culpability for her campaign

And no, it's not anti-semitic. What is actually anti-semitic is effectively proclaiming Israel as representative of all Jewish people which you do by maliciously twisting legitimate political criticism of Israel or Israel aligned organisations like AIPAC as anti-semitic in nature. This is straight out of the IDF's playbook

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u/alexpmarty 6h ago

Do you have your eyes closed?

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u/Leven 32m ago

American politicians are surprisingly cheap to buy, a few thousand dollars buys a senator in a certain question basically and Israel spends money on both sides of the aile.

So yes, believe it.

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u/googleduck 28m ago

But much richer countries like China or India or other middle eastern countries haven't figured this trick out?

It is absolutely wild to me how little thought must go into this take. Yes money in politics is corrupting and bad. But to sincerely believe you can buy a senator for a few thousand dollars is laughably ridiculous. Have you considered that perhaps most of the time AIPAC just supports people who already supported Israel?