Rep. Mary Peltola is not the only vulnerable House Democrat who has taken campaign cash from anti-Israel Democrats such as Rep. Pramila Jayapal, who donated the maximum amount allowed to Peltola’s reelection campaign.
According to campaign finance data, vulnerable Democratic lawmakers in Alaska, Arizona, California, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada and New York have taken donations from Political Action Committees (PAC) tied to anti-Israel “squad” Democrats such as Rep. Pramila Jayapal of Washington, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan.
Peltola took $5,000 from Jayapal’s Build Our Movement PAC in February 2023 and $1,000 in September 2023.
According to research by the Daily Caller, the Build Our Movement PAC donated $5,000 to Democratic Arizona Rep. Greg Stanton in the 2022 midterm cycle. Stanton won Arizona’s fourth district 56.1% to 43.9% in the midterms.
The PAC also gave $3,000 to Democratic Colorado Rep. Brittany Pettersen, who defeated her Republican challenger 56.4% to 41.4% in 2022.
Democratic New Hampshire Rep. Chris Pappas received $8,000 over five donationsfrom Build Our Movement and Democratic Illinois Rep. Nikki Budzinski was given$3,000 by Jayapal’s PAC. Pappas won 54.1% to 45.9% in 2022 and Budzinski won by a similar margin in the most recent election cycle.
Read about the other House Democrats and the cash they have taken from anti-Israel PAC and politicos at The Daily Caller.
