US Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez sharply criticized the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) on Friday, saying the pro-Israel lobby undermines democracy,\u00a0Anadolu reports.<\/p>\n
\u201cI hope Dems begin to see that moderate or progressive, AIPAC is not our friend,\u201d Ocasio-Cortez wrote on X.<\/p>\n
She accused the group of backing Jan. 6 insurrectionists while pressuring elected officials to ignore US laws, including the Leahy laws that prohibit assistance to foreign forces committing human rights abuses.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey are a right-wing organization that undermines democracy,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey have zero tolerance for any diversity of thought from their line, and pressure elected officials to increasingly place themselves at odds with our responsibility to represent the electorate and the views of the majority of Americans, who find the genocide in Gaza an appalling affront to American values and do not want to see US taxpayer funded weapons used to perpetuate it,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n
Her remarks came in response to reports that AIPAC\u2019s the United Democracy Project (UDP), spent $1.9 million to defeat former Rep. Tom Malinowski in the Democratic primary in New Jersey, while indirectly supporting \u201cmoderate\u201d candidate Tahesha Way.<\/p>\n