Allies of Mike Rogers, Michigan's GOP nominee for the U.S. Senate, have asked AIPAC not to advertise on his behalf over fears of backlash

https://www.axios.com/2026/08/22/mike-rogers-aipac-michigan-senate

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mushroommunk@lemmy.today · 37 pts · 5d

Note though that he very much is not against AIPAC or the slaughter they enable by buying politicians. He's just against the bad PR at this specific moment

yonderbarn@lazysoci.al · 30 pts · 5d (1 reply)

Rogers' allies urged AIPAC to get involved without putting the group's name front and center, people familiar with the talks told Axios.

One option: Directing AIPAC donors to a pro-Rogers super PAC instead of the group running its own ads, or a joint fundraising group the Rogers campaign has established with the national GOP.

Rogers' team also proposed hiring AIPAC's political strategists to help guide its effort.

But AIPAC officials weren't satisfied: The group wanted a visible role in defeating El-Sayed and argued that because Rogers is strongly pro-Israel, El-Sayed would tie him to the pro-Israel lobbying group regardless.

It gets messy when you suck AIPAC/corporate cock.

jaybone@lemmy.zip · 15 pts · 5d

I like how they are suggesting some shadey variation on money laundering.

โ€œWell we could disguise the source of money by channeling it through an intermediaryโ€

Like the scene from Office Space where they are reading the definition from a dictionary.

Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 29 pts · 5d

Rogers' allies urged AIPAC to get involved without putting the group's name front and center

Way to Streisand Effect the tactics AIPAC always use ๐Ÿ˜„

bradinutah@thelemmy.club · 20 pts · 5d

"SHH! Don't say "Mike Rogers" and "AIPAC" together! We don't want anyone to associate them! Quiet about that! People might put the two together and think something nefarious is going on!"