Embattled Squad member Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO), who is facing a tough primary in August, called the pro-Israel advocacy group AIPAC a “threat to democracy” in a social media post on Wednesday.
She posted a statement on X with the headline, “My statement on AIPAC’s threat to Democracy,” adding, “Their far-right SuperPac and allies spent $20M to unseat my brother @JamaalBowmanNY.”
In the statement, she accused AIPAC, which stands for American Israel Public Affairs Committee Political Action Committee, of buying votes against Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), a fellow “Squad” member who recently lost a primary by double-digits to Democrat Westchester County Executive George Latimer.
Bush said in the statement, which seemed to rely on the anti-semitic trope that Jews use money to control the world:
20 million dollars. That was the staggering price tag put on unseating…