The DSA has a new gatekeeper for who gets to participate in American democracy. Her name is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and she has decided that Jewish Americans who support Israel’s right to exist don’t belong in the Democratic Party. Or, well, in politics at all. Like, ever.
AIPAC announced Wednesday that it was preparing to spend money supporting Republican Mike Rogers in his Michigan Senate race specifically to defeat Abdul El-Sayed, the anti-Israel DSA socialist who just won the Democratic primary. The group expressed disappointment that Rep. Haley Stevens, whom they had backed, lost her primary. They congratulated other Democrats they had supported on their primary victories. Standard political activity, done openly, transparently, and within every legal boundary that governs American political participation.
AOC’s response was to declare that AIPAC had proven it “doesn’t belong in the Dem Party and especially our primaries.” She accused them of “undermining democracy at home and abroad.”
