True Bowman was the guy who pulled the fire alarm during a vote. There was also some pretty tame ethics stuff with Cori Bush that if not for the amplification from millions of dollars from AIPAC probably wouldn’t have gone too far.
According to NYT, “Those two races became the most expensive in congressional history, because of AIPAC’s cash infusion.” (most expensive House primary in history, mind you). The damage of that money cannot be overstated.
Definitely. But a couple things to keep in mind. Primaries depending on office can be quite rare. And their budgets compared to general election campaigns are almost non existent.
It sounds like a big record because most people thinking money in politics think about state wide or national races. When they think money in politics. It’s still something to take note of, and a bad prescident. Because we should have less to no money tied up in politics. But it’s not as bad as it might seem. They had to break primary campaign Financial spending records. To remove two of the most vulnerable pro Palestine Democrats. And they didn’t even try with many of the rest. That’s the lens to look at it through.
True Bowman was the guy who pulled the fire alarm during a vote. There was also some pretty tame ethics stuff with Cori Bush that if not for the amplification from millions of dollars from AIPAC probably wouldn’t have gone too far.
According to NYT, “Those two races became the most expensive in congressional history, because of AIPAC’s cash infusion.” (most expensive House primary in history, mind you). The damage of that money cannot be overstated.
Definitely. But a couple things to keep in mind. Primaries depending on office can be quite rare. And their budgets compared to general election campaigns are almost non existent.
It sounds like a big record because most people thinking money in politics think about state wide or national races. When they think money in politics. It’s still something to take note of, and a bad prescident. Because we should have less to no money tied up in politics. But it’s not as bad as it might seem. They had to break primary campaign Financial spending records. To remove two of the most vulnerable pro Palestine Democrats. And they didn’t even try with many of the rest. That’s the lens to look at it through.