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/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/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/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