Massie described the “bullying” behaviour of AIPAC lobbyists in Washington
Rep. Thomas Massie blew the lid on the “bullying” behaviour of the pro-Israel lobbying group The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), in a two-hour interview with Tucker Carlson.
In the interview with Tucker, posted to Twitter yesterday, Massie made a number of revelations about the “opaque”group’s influence in Washington and the tactics it uses, including the existence of a “buddy system” of “babysitters” who make sure Republican politicians represent Israel’s interests.
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“I have Republicans who come to me on the floor and say, ‘I wish I could vote with you today. Yours is the right vote, but I would just take too much flak back home.’ And I have Republicans who come to me and say, ‘That’s wrong what AIPAC is doing to you. Let me talk to my AIPAC person.’
“By the way, everybody but me has an AIPAC person.”
“What does that mean, an ‘AIPAC person’?” asks Tucker.
“It’s like your AIPAC babysitter, who is always talking to you for AIPAC. They’re probably a constituent in your district, but they’re firmly embedded in AIPAC.”
Massie went on to explain that, although he doesn’t know “how it works on the Democrat side,” that every Republican congressman or -woman has an “AIPAC person.”
“And when they come to DC, you go have lunch with them. And they’ve got your cell number. And you have conversations with them.”
Tucker: “That’s crazy.”
Tucker goes on to ask why nobody knows about this situation.
“It doesn’t benefit anybody,” Massie explains. “Why would they want to tell their constituents that they’ve basically got a buddy system with somebody who’s representing a foreign country? It doesn’t benefit the congressmen for people to know that, so they’re not going to tell you that.”
Massie agreed with Tucker that no other country exerts such an influence over US politics as Israel. He said that there are no “Putin guys” in Washington, or even “Britain guys” or “Germany dudes.”
Massie has come under significant pressure from AIPAC because of his repeated votes against funding for Israel, especially since the October 7 attacks. AIPAC has spent significant amounts of money targeting him, including spending over $300,000 on attack ads during his recent primary campaign.
“Republicans are trying to help Israel, but one Republican is standing in the way. Fifteen times in April, Massie was the only Republican voting with anti-Israel radicals,” one of the ads stated.
“Everyone who cares about the Holy Land needs to know, Tom Massie is hostile to Israel.”
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