Aipac told to stay away from pro-Israel Mike Rogers' campaign, report says
Aipac told to stay away from pro-Israel Mike Rogers' campaign, report says Allies of Mike Rogers, a Republican Senate nominee in Michigan, have asked the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (Aipac) not to run ads on his behalf, according to Axios. The request came after Rogers spoke with Aipac chair Michael Tuchin in Los Angeles last week. The next day, Aipac shelved an already-prepared…
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (Aipac) has been instructed by allies of Mike Rogers, a Republican Senate nominee in Michigan, to refrain from supporting his campaign, according to a report by Axios. This directive emerged after Rogers met with Aipac chairman Michael Tuchin in Los Angeles, following which Aipac canceled an advertisement they had prepared targeting Rogers’s Democratic opponent, Abdul El-Sayed, a vocal critic of Israel.
The tension between Aipac and Rogers highlights the impact of voter sentiment on Aipac’s influence, particularly in the context of the ongoing conflict in Gaza. Despite Aipac’s financial backing to defeat El-Sayed in the Democratic primary, they are now hesitant to invest further resources in Rogers’s general election bid. Rogers’s campaign anticipated El-Sayed’s victory, even as Aipac maintained hopes for Stevens’s success.
El-Sayed exploited Aipac’s spending as a narrative against Stevens in the primary, which later proved beneficial in the general election. Michigan, home to a significant Arab American community, recently showed that 55 percent of voters oppose continued U.S. aid to Israel.
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