AIPAC ramps up attack on Jamaal Bowman with ads on antisemitism

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AIPAC ramps up ******* on Jamaal Bowman with ads on antisemitism

A top pro-******* group is escalating its campaign against Rep.

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, airing new ads that all but accuse the New York progressive of being antisemitic.

It’s the most pointed ******* yet by the ********* ******* Public Affairs Committee on Bowman’s record on *******, and it’s delivered by the son of the famed Holocaust survivor and human rights activist Elie Wiesel.

“My father taught me that antisemitism begins with ***** and *********** theories, and it ends with ********* that consumes any society that tolerates it,” Elisha Wiesel says in

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. “Will you make your voice heard? Will you confront Jamaal Bowman’s ***** and *********** theories, or will you sit by silently?”

The ad — and

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— are run by AIPAC’s super PAC, ******* Democracy Project. Asked whether the group was accusing Bowman of being antisemitic, UDP spokesperson Patrick Dorton didn’t address the accusation directly but slammed Bowman’s “atrocious” record on ******* and said “we are going to keep shining a spotlight on Bowman’s anti-******* record for every single Democratic voter in the district.”

Both versions of the ad tick through parts of Bowman’s legislative record, including his vote against a resolution standing with ******* and condemning the ****** *******. The 60-second version of the ad also features Wiesel asking, “Who are the antisemites engaged in falsely accusing ******* of genocide? Who stands up to oppose them? And who stands by silently? We know where Jamaal Bowman stands.”

Dorton did not say whether the ad would air on broadcast or cable television to reach more voters, but it could be easily adapted to do so. AIPAC has already poured more than $8 million into TV ads to oust Bowman, according to ad-tracking firm AdImpact.

Bowman is one of the most vulnerable progressive incumbents this cycle, facing a tough primary challenge at the end of June from Westchester County Executive George Latimer. Bowman has been an outspoken critic of the ******** government amid the *******-****** war.

Bowman’s campaign declined to comment directly and referred to a statement from Sophie Ellman-Golan, the communications director at Jews for ******* and Economic Justice, praising Bowman as a “leader for decades in fighting antisemitism and all forms of hate, as a principal and in Congress. Democratic voters won’t let these ugly smear attacks from ***********-funded AIPAC divide us.”

AIPAC has often avoided talking about ******* directly in its efforts this cycle, preferring instead to emphasize whatever issues it sees as most effective in boosting pro-******* candidates or blocking their opponents. But the conflict in Gaza has been a major flashpoint in Bowman’s race for New York’s 16th District. Latimer had entered the race in part because of Bowman’s criticism of *******, and Bowman had courted personal controversy that could leave him vulnerable, too.

In the aftermath of the Oct. 7 *******, AIPAC’s super PAC had targeted progressive members of Congress with digital ads criticizing them for refusing to “stand with *******” by not voting to condemn ******. And last week, it ran one knocking Bowman for previously calling reports of ******* assaults committed by the Oct. 7 attackers in ******* “***********” — a stance he’s since walked back. It had also aired TV ads recently boosting Latimer as an alternative to Bowman who would work more closely with President Joe Biden.

AIPAC has vowed to support challengers to several prominent progressive lawmakers who have been strident critics of *******, like Bowman and progressive Rep.

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(D-Mo.), though the group hasn’t mentioned ******* in most of its ads against congressional candidates. It spent more than $4 million in a primary in a deep-blue seat in Maryland boosting Democratic state Sen. Sarah Elfreth over other candidates in a largely positive campaign, for example.

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