The New York congresswoman tweeted that the pro-Israel lobby’s “wildly unpopular agenda” pushed voters away from the party.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) appeared to blame the pro-Israel lobby group AIPAC for the losses by Democrats in elections this month, where Republicans won the presidency, the Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives.
The New York congresswoman posted on X that “if people want to talk about members of Congress being overly influenced by a special interest group pushing a wildly unpopular agenda that pushes voters away from Democrats, then they should be discussing AIPAC.”
AIPAC itself responded to the post with photos of candidates they endorsed beating progressive “Squad” members Reps. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) and Cori Bush (D-Mo.) in their respective primaries with the caption: “Fact check on what Democratic voters find popular vs. unpopular, AOC.”