AIPAC, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, is a lobbying organization that promotes Israeli interests, and has been firmly entrenched in the Washington political landscape for more than half a century. The group operates a Super-PACcalled the United Democracy Project, which spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on advertisements attacking Massie during his May primary election campaign. Massie ultimately won anyway by a large margin. Fresh off his landslide victory, the Kentucky congressman exposed some heretofore hidden information about the breadth of AIPAC’s influence during his conversation with Carlson.
On the question of whether much of America’s Jewish population has a “dual loyalty” to both Israel and the United States, paleoconservative writer Joe Sobran once remarked that “Dual loyalty would be an improvement!” (1)
Sobran’s quip is so depressingly appropriate in the context of the political activities of one Dr. Miriam Adelson. She is the widow of billionaire casino magnate and Republican donor Sheldon Adelson, who died in early 2021. As reported in The Times of Israel:
The Adelsons ended up backing Trump to the tune of $30 million in 2016. They followed that by contributing $100 million to the Republican Party for the 2018 midterm elections. In all, Adelson donated over $250 million to GOP candidates and super PACs since 2015.
