In less than one week, we head to the polls to fight the oligarchy and oust Shri Thanedar once and for all. Tonight at 8pm ET, we rally with @berniesanders as we prepare for our last weekend ahead of the primary.
WHY ARE THE BILLIONAIRES SO PANICKED BY ABDUL EL-SAYED?
The Democratic Senate primary in Michigan is much more than a campaign between Congresswoman Haley Stevens and Dr. Abdul El-Sayed. It is part of the ongoing struggle between Oligarchy and grassroots progressive politics. It is about whether we can create a government that represents ALL Americans, or one that continues to be controlled by wealthy campaign contributors.
As of today, billionaire-funded outside groups, led by AIPAC, have spent a record-breaking $50 million to support Haley Stevens — a roughly 60-to-1 advantage over Abdul El-Sayed. Let me repeat. A 60-to-1 advantage. Despite that, recent polling indicates that the race is extremely close — with some polls showing Abdul in the lead.
Why are the billionaires so panicked by Abdul El-Sayed and his campaign? Why are they desperate to see him defeated? The answer is not complicated. A win by Abdul, following recent progressive victories across the country, will make it clearer than ever that the American people are sick and tired of the same-old, same-old Establishment politics and policies. They want change, real change. They want a Democratic Party which stands for the working class, not the billionaire class. They want the policies that Abdul is campaigning on, which include:
— Health care for All as a human right.
— Strong support for unions, raising the minimum wage to a living wage and building millions of units of affordable housing.
— Increased taxes on the billionaire class.
— An end to “endless wars” and not another nickel for the extremist Netanyahu government in Israel.
— Real campaign finance reform which gets big money and super PACs out of politics.
The UAW supports Medicare for All because everyone deserves quality healthcare. M4A would also strengthen our hand at the bargaining table to fight for better wages, time off, and retirement security for every UAW member.
We ALL win with Medicare for All.
Democratic establishment politics in action.
Outside groups, led by AIPAC, have spent $52.3 million in Michigan’s Senate primary to support Haley Stevens, compared to $853,000 in outside spending for Abdul El-Sayed — a 60-1 margin.
And the establishment is still going to lose.
🇨🇺 🇺🇸 News | U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan:
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given that nowadays a retirement plan requires a 401k which means plenty of working class ppl have some capital, my arbitrary designation around it revolves around wage labor vs capital. is your yearly increase in net worth coming from majority wage labor or capital accumulation?
AIPAC spending millions to back Haley Stevens in 2022 against Andy Levin was indeed a radicalizing moment for a lot of people in Michigan. In an interview with @daveweigel at the time, AIPAC’s president said they targeted Levin precisely because, as a synagogue president, Levin had strong standing to criticize Israel’s actions and defend Tlaib and Omar against attacks.
So Andy Levin had to be crushed.
@AIPAC never saw the hypocrisy in their targeting of someone specifically because they were Jewish. Or if they did, it didn’t stop them.
Nothing to see here, just a Haley Stevens supporter repeatedly calling the only Palestinian American woman in Congress a ‘cancer’.
But hey, the left and Abdul need to be more civil!!
Now influencers are being paid to say she is growing on them.
That will never erase the fact Haley Stevens too corporate PAC money from the companies hurting Michiganders:
AT&T
BlackRock
Blue Origin (owned by Jeff Bezos)
Boeing
Charter Communications
Cigna
Comcast
Deloitte
DoorDash
DTE Energy
Ernst & Young (EY)
General Mills
General Motors
Goldman Sachs
Guardian Life Insurance
Home Depot
Honeywell International
Humana
McDonald’s
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)
Principal Life Insurance
Qualcomm
Stanley Black & Decker
T-Mobile
UBS
Verizon
Ally Financial
American Crystal Sugar
Applied Intuition
BASF
Celanese
Corning Inc.
Cozen O'Connor
DaVita
Elevance Health
Grant Thornton Advisors
Huntington Ingalls Industries
Infineon Technologies
Inspire Brands
International Paper
Nielsen
Nucor
MICHIGAN: Join me, @AbdulElSayed, @AOC and more on Saturday and Sunday for a GOTV rally ahead of the August 4 primary.
We must tell AIPAC and other billionaire-funded super PACs: our democracy is not for sale.