A Pro-Israel Super PAC Is Spending Big to Defeat Summer Lee in Pennsylvania
Progressive Summer Lee is the Democratic nominee in Pennsylvania's 12th Congressional District. A pro-Israel super PAC has spent millions to defeat her, and she says it's because she poses "a threat to corporate interests and to corporate power."
The same group that attacked congressional candidate Summer Lee for being a bad Democrat in the primaries is spending big to back her Republican opponent in the general. (Mark Dixon / Flickr)
The United Democracy Project — which has been bankrolled by the powerful pro-Israel advocacy group American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) and conservative billionaires — recently put more than $1 million into TV ads attacking Lee, according to data from AdImpact. The group has also spent about $80,000 on mailers opposing Lee.
Why is AIPAC’s super PAC spending millions on the race? In a recent interview with the Lever’s David Sirota in Pittsburgh, Lee said she believes that the organization is targeting her because she’s “a progressive black woman.”
She continued: “I can find no other answer or reasoning but the fact that progressive black women in these spaces pose a threat to corporate interests and to corporate power. And these are Republican billionaires who are worried about their bottom line.”
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