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still_one

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6. AIPAC is a lobbying group, and does NOT donate to politicians, not unlike The Arab Lobby. AIPAC is

Reply to ck4829 (Reply #5)

Mon Feb 11, 2019, 06:17 PM

Feb 2019

NOT a PAC, which may confuse some because they see "PAC" in the AIPAC name

The PAC stands for American-Israel Public Affairs Committee. It is an American lobbying group

As an aside, I do not belong or contribute to AIPAC, nor do I agree with a lot of their views, but when she tweeted in the same context "It is all about the Benjamins", it was definitely an association with Jews/money/and paying off Congress people

She apologized because she recognized exactly what the tweet meant

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I think it wasn't just Ilhan Omar, but we all learned a valuable lesson today [View all] ck4829 Feb 2019 OP

We will see if it was "just" a freshman mistake, or she walks back her stereotype implication that still_one Feb 2019 #1

There was no such implication. elleng Feb 2019 #2

Then why did she "unequivocally" apologize for it? She suggested that members of Congress are paid still_one Feb 2019 #3

No error in the statement, that members of congress are paid by allies to support Israel. elleng Feb 2019 #4

It's crazy it's like this ck4829 Feb 2019 #8

WORSE than crazy, elleng Feb 2019 #9

Her implication was obvious leftynyc Feb 2019 #15

And hopefully, if she is going to talk about "Jewish" AND "Influence"... ck4829 Feb 2019 #5

AIPAC is a lobbying group, and does NOT donate to politicians, not unlike The Arab Lobby. AIPAC is still_one Feb 2019 #6

Yes, she did apologize for something we hear all the time from our government ck4829 Feb 2019 #7

Yeah that. Or maybe for another reason. GulfCoast66 Feb 2019 #10

I think one of those neighbors (Saudi Arabia) has actually attacked Omar ck4829 Feb 2019 #11

Yeah, got it. Your hung up on the right's hate of Soros. GulfCoast66 Feb 2019 #12

Because in a week, we will hear how The One Jew is responsible for all the ills in this country ck4829 Feb 2019 #13

Hillary was a bit more pro-Israel than Obama was though Polybius Feb 2019 #14