Don’t Blame the Squad’s Failures on Jewish Money

When Cori Bush’s constituents gave the far-left congresswoman the bum’s rush last week, I made the following prediction: “The far-left activists whose anti-Israel advocacy is too often indistinguishable from apologia for terrorism will be tempted to salve their wounded pride by blaming Bush’s defeat on Jewish money.” It didn’t take long for this forecast to come to pass.

“Progressives face an existential threat from AIPAC,” read a Tuesday headline in Politico. “And there’s nothing to stop it.” The pernicious influence of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s assets helped transform both Bush’s race and outgoing representative Jamaal Bowman’s reelection campaign into two of the “most expensive House primaries ever.” Don’t blame the candidates for that condition. Blame those who objected to their monomania and opposed it.