Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) has once again proven she’s more interested in playing the blame game than taking responsibility for her party’s disastrous policies. This time, she’s pointing fingers at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), a bipartisan pro-Israel group, for Democrats’ recent Election Day losses. That’s right—AOC would rather blame Jews than confront the fact that her radical leftist agenda is tanking her party.
“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,” AOC posted on X. The irony of this statement? AIPAC has spent millions supporting Democratic candidates, many of whom won, while AOC’s own socialist allies in Congress lost seats.
Critics were quick to call out AOC for using antisemitic tropes to deflect from her own failures. Maud Maron, a New York City education council member, fired back, “Every former Democrat I know is more concerned about the wildly unpopular agenda of the Teachers’ Union that closed our schools, masked our kids, [and] lowers rigor… but go on with your Jew-hating.” AOC’s obsession with AIPAC and her failure to critique other advocacy groups makes her agenda obvious: targeting Jews and the U.S.-Israel alliance.
The facts are not on AOC’s side. A Harvard-Harris poll from October found that 81% of Americans, including 76% of Democrats, support Israel over Hamas. That’s a vast majority, no matter how much AOC tries to pretend her fringe anti-Israel stance is mainstream. In the 2024 election cycle, AIPAC spent $53 million backing candidates who support a strong U.S.-Israel relationship, and 98% of their endorsees won on Election Day. Meanwhile, 24 anti-Israel candidates, including squad members Jamaal Bowman and Cori Bush, were ousted during the primaries, thanks in part to AIPAC’s efforts.
Fact check on what Democratic voters find popular vs unpopular, @AOC. https://t.co/hwCTqBS0SS pic.twitter.com/CQjZIp4Kil
— AIPAC 🇺🇸🇮🇱🎗️ (@AIPAC) November 17, 2024
It’s clear AOC and her far-left pals don’t want to admit their policies—defunding the police, pushing radical climate agendas, and embracing open borders—are what’s driving voters away from the Democratic Party. Instead, they resort to tired antisemitic scapegoating and blame-shifting.
The American people aren’t buying what AOC is selling. As AIPAC pointed out, their endorsed candidates swept to victory across the board, proving that support for Israel is not only popular but a winning strategy. Meanwhile, AOC’s brand of left-wing extremism continues to alienate voters in droves.
