J Street goes on the offensive against AIPAC-backed candidates
AIPAC has spent heavily since launching its super PAC, United Democracy Project, ahead of the 2022 midterms, and is the top outside spender in this election cycle.
J Street, a liberal Jewish advocacy group, has announced a $3 million campaign to oppose Republican candidates endorsed by AIPAC. This marks a shift in J Street's typical strategy of endorsing candidates without targeting opponents based on their AIPAC endorsements. Founded President Jeremy Ben-Ami explained this as a new era for J Street, noting the group's previous targeted efforts against AIPAC-backed candidates only after they faced significant negative spending from AIPAC.
The $3 million investment will primarily target Republican Rep. Mike Collins in Georgia's Senate race, as well as Ohio Rep. Max Miller, Wisconsin Rep. Derrick Van Orden, Pennsylvania Rep. Ryan Mackenzie, and Iowa Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks. These candidates are targeted due to their ideological distance from J Street and their connections to conspiracy theories denying the 2020 election results.
AIPAC has criticized J Street's campaign, calling it an attempt to "turn support for the Jewish state into a partisan political football" and expressing disappointment, but not surprise, in J Street's decision to amplify what AIPAC sees as misinformation about their community.
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