"The squad" have been some of the most dependable votes in Congress for Biden's agenda but that hasn't spared them the unrelenting contempt from their fellow Democrats or from AIPAC funded primary challenges over not supporting genocide.
@gwynnion I'd also note that Squad members are much more aligned with the general public on TONS of issues/policies than the media or Dem "leaders" will ever admit to: they are out front working for a living wage, wealth taxes, climate change legislation, universal health care, money out of politics, SCOTUS reform, larger social safety nets, are pro social justice on all fronts, they support reducing militarism and military "solutions" etc etc…all are quite popular w/ the public
@gwynnion
a lot of things make more sense if you decide AIPAC isn't so much "the israel lobby" as "the conservative donors influencing democratic party primaries with far stacks of cash" lobby
israel happens to be a convenient issue to hide behind on account of how it's a horribly right-wing position that's considered normal and laudable in both mainline-media and democratic-politician circles
@saddestrobots Oh, yeah, absolutely. I routinely point out that AIPAC is basically a right wing evangelical and neoconservative operation that only supports Israel for extremely fucked up reasons.
But they're welcomed into the Democratic Party with open arms, which says a lot.