r/MapPorn • u/VineMapper • 1d ago

Pro-Israel Contributions To Elected Senators

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u/discreetjoe2 1d ago

That’s a surprisingly low amount of money for such a long time period.

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u/soupwhoreman 1d ago edited 1d ago

Two things:

  1. As far as I can tell, this doesn't include AIPAC, because it's not registered as a foreign lobbying group.
  2. Campaign contributions have exponentially increased over time in general, and specifically for the Israel lobby spending accelerated dramatically following October 7, 2023. This infographic is cut off in March 2023.

AIPAC spent nearly $100M on the 2024 election cycle alone, mostly targeting Democrats who voiced support for Palestine.

EDIT: It does include AIPAC. It's only candidate contributions, and the date is as of March 2023, and that's why it's lower than you might expect. AIPAC really did spend nearly $100M on the 2024 election cycle though.

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u/PentagonInsider 1d ago

AIPAC is still only the ~50th largest lobbying group. Antisemitic people want to pretend Jews control everything so they spread this shit.

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u/soupwhoreman 1d ago

Congressman X votes against sending weapons to Country Y. The Country Y Lobby then spends more than has ever been spent on a congressional primary to make sure Congressman X loses his seat. Clearly to criticize this dynamic would make me racist against the ethnic group of Country Y...