“Racist and bigoted”: AOC claims AIPAC is an “extremist organization that destabilizes US democracy”
SalonThis article originally appeared at Common Dreams. U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., on Tuesday dismissed the latest political attack by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee — the powerful anti-Palestinian rights lobbying group — on a lawmaker who rejected legislation endorsed by the organization. The group criticized Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., for being the only Republican who voted against House Resolution 771, which stated that the U.S. stands "with Israel as it defends itself." U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Tuesday dismissed the latest political attack by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee—the powerful anti-Palestinian rights lobbying group—on a lawmaker who rejected legislation endorsed by the organization. The group criticized Rep. Thomas Massie for being the only Republican who voted against House Resolution 771, which stated that the U.S. stands "with Israel as it defends itself."
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