Tom Steyer, a businessman who is running for governor of California, denounced the American Israel Public Affairs Committee on Monday.
“AIPAC is a dark money organization that should have no place in our politics,” the Democrat stated.
Steyer has recorded double-digits in recent polls but typically in third or fourth place in a race in which the top two finishers, regardless of party, advance to the general. Steve Hilton, a Republican, has led in most of the polls, about 4.5 percentage points ahead of Steyer, on average.
The businessman wrote that the pro-Israel group has “no place” in politics in response to a social media post, in which political journalist David Weigel reported that the Democratic National Committee is considering a resolution condemning “the growing influence of dark money and corporate-backed independent expenditures in Democratic elections.”
The DNC lists AIPAC as an example, according to Weigel.
“Special rules just for pro-Israel Americans,” AIPAC responded to Steyer,
