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AIPAC is a LIABILITY to DEMOCRATS
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July 30, 2026
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Hawk argues that AIPAC support is becoming a liability in Democratic primaries, and points to two Senate races as evidence. In Michigan, a Detroit debate saw moderators press Haley Stevens three times on the roughly 46 million dollars in AIPAC-affiliated spending backing her primary campaign against Dr. Abdul El-Sayed. In Minnesota, a similar dynamic surfaced in a debate between Representative Angie Craig and Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan.
Flanagan called AIPAC Craig's biggest career funder and pledged to refuse its money, saying the group labeled her a threat after she backed Bernie Sanders' resolution to block offensive arms sales to Israel. She noted meeting with AIPAC, J Street, and being endorsed by Bend the Arc. Craig countered that Flanagan was being disingenuous, citing Star Tribune reporting that Flanagan had met with AIPAC and submitted a position paper, and argued for a two-state solution while calling for a dramatic rebuild of Gaza with a rethink of US policy toward Netanyahu's government.
Hawk sets this against the polling: roughly 60 percent of Democrats now view the Israeli government unfavorably, and about 74 percent oppose further military aid, per AP-NORC, Pew, and NBC surveys. He notes endorsements cutting the other way, including Gretchen Whitmer for Stevens, and makes clear his criticism is of the current government, not Judaism or Jewish people.
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