How Rep. Summer Lee Cruised to Victory
theintercept.com
In the first test of Israel–Palestine primary politics, Squad member Rep. Summer Lee wins in a blowout against Bhavini Patel in Pennsylvania.

Summer Lee cruised to a convincing victory on Tuesday night against a well-financed opponent who had hoped Lee’s outspoken opposition to Israel’s ongoing attack on Gaza would bring the freshman congresswoman down. With most of the vote counted, Lee leads Bhavini Patel with a blowout margin. The race was a test of the politics of Israel–Palestine, as Lee is among the Squad members who called for an early ceasefire and whom AIPAC had been hoping to take out.

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    The decision to move security forces north to support rampaging West Bank settlers also left Israel’s southern border with Gaza minimally defended.)

    “Our campaign was built on a record of delivering for our democracy, defending our most fundamental rights, and expanding our vision for what is politically possible for our region’s most marginalized communities,” Lee said in a statement on Tuesday night.

    Ahead of the election, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., used her leadership PAC to spend money on behalf of Lee and rallied with her, Gainey, Innamorato, and micro-celebrity Tennessee state Rep. Justin Jones this past weekend.

    So Lee went up on air with ads showing her on stage with Biden, while an independent expenditure put together by a coalition of progressive groups, led by Justice Democrats and the Working Families Party, also came in late to buck her up.

    “I know the Republican-funded super PACs are lying about her again.” The ad highlights her battles with bogeywoman Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lee’s fight to protect Social Security and Medicare from Republican cuts.

    “Where far-right billionaires and AIPAC megadonors see unbought, unbossed, democratically elected Black women like my sister Congresswoman Summer Lee and myself as a threat,” said Bush, “the regular, everyday people of our districts see effective leadership and a champion in the fight for justice for all.”

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