U.S. Elections
Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib is running for re-election in Michigan’s 13th Congressional District on Aug. 4 • Rep. Ilhan Omar is running for re-election in Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District on Aug. 11.
“My constituents don’t need to be bogged down in, ‘Is he the best candidate?’ ” said the Michigan congresswomen. “That’s not what you have to convince my residents.”
The committee voted 117-34 to reject adding the word “occupation” and a condition of U.S. assistance to Israel on the Jewish state not going ahead with its plans to apply sovereignty to parts of the West Bank, also known as Judea and Samaria.
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) has perpetuated anti-Semitic tropes and introduced a resolution in Congress that promotes boycotts of Israel.
Aaron Keyak has previously served as communications director for Reps. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) and Steve Rothman (D-N.J.).
The prominent American Christian Zionist says if the U.S. administration fails to recognize Israel’s sovereignty bid, then the evangelical community will not back the president in November.
“His constituents apparently concluded that he had lost touch with them, and that is, of course, wholly their decision to make,” said Democratic Majority for Israel president Mark Mellman.
An eight-minute documentary praises U.S. President Donald Trump for strengthening the U.S.-Israel alliance to “a level never seen before.”
Georgia state Rep. Matt Gurtler posed with former Ku Klux Klan leader Chester Doles, who has a criminal record.
Despite pandemic, pro-Israel political groups see success in campaigning ahead of November elections
“We’ve seen a dramatic spike in the percentage of voters we’re able to directly connect with, compared to pre-COVID circumstances, which makes these modes of grassroots outreach even more valuable,” Republican Jewish Coalition spokesperson Neil Strauss told JNS.
Plame acknowledged on CNN in 2019 that she was “foolish” and “embarrassed” for sharing the piece.
The Iowa state senator will face Democratic nominee J.D. Scholten, who narrowly lost to King in 2018, in November.
