AIPAC stops endorsing candidates and giving directly to campaigns
AIPAC announced Wednesday it will stop endorsing candidates and making direct campaign contributions, and will instead push its members to give individually.
AIPAC, the most prominent pro-Israel lobbying group in the U.S., announced on Wednesday that it will no longer endorse candidates or give money directly to their campaigns, The Guardian reports. NPR and CNBC also reported the change.
The group will mobilize its members and individual donors to give on their own, according to NPR and CNBC.
CNBC reports that AIPAC will keep operating its United Democracy Project super PAC. CNBC ties the move to growing political backlash. NPR says AIPAC cited "challenges."
The Guardian says critics of the group were quick to call the decision an admission that its brand had become toxic. The Guardian describes it as a significant reversal. It says U.S. views of Israel have changed sharply during the latest Gaza war, and that open support for Israel has increasingly become a political liability for candidates. Those are the outlet's characterizations. AIPAC's own stated reason, per NPR, was "challenges."
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- CNBCAIPAC retreats from candidate endorsements and direct giving as political backlash growsWed, Oct 21, 5:42 PM EDT
- NPRCiting 'challenges,' AIPAC halts endorsements and direct contributions to candidatesWed, Oct 21, 8:22 PM EDT
- The GuardianAipac halts candidate endorsements amid US backlash against IsraelThu, Oct 22, 3:54 PM EDT
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