chargrille ,
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Former US Rep from MI, Andy Levin, one of the leaders of the victorious primary campaign:

"The president's people - & maybe the president himself - there's a danger that they see this as like a political problem...No!...This is the killing of 10,000s of innocent people, leveling...most of the Gaza strip"

"The message from us to the President yesterday was: you must change course...Stop treating what Bibi Netanyahu says as the boundary of the possible"
https://twitter.com/democracynow/status/1762831846822260753

chargrille OP ,
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"We won so many votes...we will send at least one [uncommitted] delegate from 2 congressional districts."

This was record turnout for a MI presidential primary: 50% of Dem voters. Compare that to 4% in SC.

The message we sent was:

"You've got to move towards an immediate & permanent cease fire and an end to this carnage....We really need actual change in policy & I think we sent that message last night."

Full interview:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsZkS0GiWP0

chargrille OP ,
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"there were a greater number of people voting in the Republican primary than the Democratic primary. That's something that's not great for President Biden."

"This 100,000+ people who voted uncommitted...almost all of them wouldn't have showed up, but for this [ campaign]. They're mad at the President. They would have stayed home. And our message was, wait a minute, that would be a disaster if you stayed home: he won't get the message. He won't understand. Come out."

chargrille OP ,
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"For most of them [their message is] I voted you in 2020, and I'm really mad at you, and I have to tell you...

It's also young people across the state and progressives across the state who said:

"We're your base. We want to win in November. In order to win, we want peace now." "

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsZkS0GiWP0

chargrille OP ,
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Levin is Jewish, former president of his synagogue & a abortion rights champion.

He served in the House until 2022, when with Nancy Pelosi's blessing, AIPAC spent over $4 million on his non-Jewish primary opponent to unseat him.

Pelosi joined AIPAC against a Jewish incumbent, endorsing his more conservative opponent.

Emily's List - headed by Laphonza Butler, whose appt to Feinstein's Senate seat was engineered by Pelosi last year - partnered with AIPAC against him.

https://www.democracynow.org/2022/7/29/rep_andy_levin_aipac_democratic_primaries

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