SAN FRANCISCO
Lee Heidhues 4.23.2024
Campuses are ablaze in protest over the continued Israeli assault on the children, women and men of Gaza. Which has resulted in the deaths of over 34,000 since last October 7.
The Israeli catastrophic payback for the horrific Hamas assault on Israel which took the lives of over 1200 Israelis. The Israeli military, in retaliation has waged a total war of devastation on the people of Gaza.
Americans who support the rights of the people of Gaza have been targeted by politicians. Who march in lock step with Israel. From the White House on down. The attack on freedom of speech has now reached college campuses. Students who stand up for Palestine and protest the Israeli slaughter of the citizens of Gaza are the subject of mass arrests.
Some politicians stand up for human rights and are rewarded for their courage despite being targeted by billionaire Trump money men.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summer_Lee
Excerpted from The Hill 4.23.2024
Rep. Summer Lee has won the Democratic primary for Pennsylvania’s 12th Congressional District, according to Decision Desk HQ, fending off a primary challenge amid frustrations over her views on the Israel-Hamas war.
During Lee’s first race, which she barely won by only a handful of votes, Democratic Majority for Israel, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee and its related super PAC United Democracy Project were all deeply interested in making sure Lee wasn’t elected to Congress. This cycle, however, they were not directly involved, with Jeffrey Yass instead taking a leading role in funding her opponent.
A first-term member of the Squad and a rising star within the progressive coalition, Lee will go on to compete in the blue district in the general election, having withstood Edgewood Councilmember Bhavini Patel’s primary challenge.
Lee was a top target this cycle of Democrats and Republicans alike looking to oust the congresswoman from her western Pennsylvania seat. Her positions on the Israel-Hamas war, including calling for a cease-fire throughout the conflict and expressing pro-Palestinian sentiments, made her more vulnerable than other House progressives.
This cycle, her top source of attack was Jeffrey Yass, a billionaire GOP donor who spent heavily to knock down Lee through a super PAC supporting Patel.
Yass’s involvement against Lee and link to former President Trump has defined much of the race. Some of her highest-profile surrogates including Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) sought to draw a contrast between Lee’s rebuke of corporate money in politics and Patel’s funding from Yass.
“Time and time again, @SummerForPA has stood up to the billionaire class,” Sanders wrote in a post on the social platform X just before Election Day. “Now billionaire Trump donors like Jeffrey Yass are spending millions to defeat her.
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