{"id":2354,"date":"2023-11-23T06:30:25","date_gmt":"2023-11-23T06:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/raqeeb.ps\/en\/?p=2354"},"modified":"2023-11-23T06:33:46","modified_gmt":"2023-11-23T06:33:46","slug":"aipac-lobbyist-offered-20m-to-recruit-senate-hopeful-hill-harper-against-tlaib","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/raqeeb.ps\/en\/2354.html","title":{"rendered":"AIPAC lobbyist offered $20M to recruit Senate hopeful Hill Harper against Tlaib"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>United States (QNN)- Famous actor and Senate hopeful Hill Harper posted Wednesday on \u201cX\u201d stating that an AIPAC lobbyist offered him $20 million to run against American-Palestinian congresswoman Rashida Tlaib.<\/p>\n<p>Harper posted that \u201cone <span class=\"css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">f AIPAC\u2019s biggest donors offered $20m if I dropped out of the U.S. Senate race to run against Rashida Tlaib.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">I said no. I won\u2019t be bossed, bullied, or bought.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed-holdback-prod\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=Qudsn_en&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1727391882706378781&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fqudsnen.co%2Faipac-lobbyist-offered-20m-to-recruit-senate-hopeful-hill-harper-against-tlaib%2F&amp;sessionId=9ee63e924189a8566e5d1c0ccbada97a96d517b3&amp;siteScreenName=Qudsn_en&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=01917f4d1d4cb%3A1696883169554&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1727391882706378781\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Harper added that \u201ctelling the truth here will put a target on my back. But if we ALL come together, we can win.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2023\/11\/22\/donor-20-million-tlaib-primary-00128443\">Politico<\/a> identified that AIPAC lobbyist as the Michigan businessman Linden Nelson. The offer that Nelson made on Oct. 16, would have split the campaign money between $10 million in bundled contributions directly to Harper\u2019s campaign and $10 million in independent expenditures.<\/p>\n<p>Nelson donated previously to candidates in both parties. He has a history of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/israel\/at-aipac-conference-pm-dances-around-scandal-issue\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ties<\/a> to the powerful pro-Israel lobbying group, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), and has contributed to previous failed campaigns to oust Tlaib from Congress.<\/p>\n<p>Tlaib is an outspoken critic of Israel and has long faced challenges from AIPAC. She also accused President Joe Biden, the leader of her Democratic Party, of supporting the \u201cgenocide of the Palestinian people\u201d by providing unconditional military support to Israel.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, \u00a0<a class=\" js-tealium-tracking \" href=\"https:\/\/hillharper.com\/2023\/11\/there-is-no-good-war-and-there-is-no-bad-peace\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-tracking=\"mpos=&amp;mid=&amp;lindex=&amp;lcol=\" aria-label=\"Harper called for a \u201chumanitarian ceasefire\u201d (opens in a new window)\">Harper called for a \u201chumanitarian ceasefire\u201d<\/a> in Gaza, largely echoing the ceasefire support from a few dozen congressional Democratic progressives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>United States (QNN)- Famous actor and Senate hopeful Hill Harper posted Wednesday on \u201cX\u201d stating that an AIPAC lobbyist offered him $20 million to run against American-Palestinian congresswoman Rashida Tlaib. Harper posted that \u201cone f AIPAC\u2019s biggest donors offered $20m if I dropped out of the U.S. Senate race to run against Rashida Tlaib.\u00a0 I<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":2355,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2354","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-latest-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/raqeeb.ps\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/raqeeb.ps\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/raqeeb.ps\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raqeeb.ps\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raqeeb.ps\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2354"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/raqeeb.ps\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2354\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2356,"href":"https:\/\/raqeeb.ps\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2354\/revisions\/2356"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raqeeb.ps\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/raqeeb.ps\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raqeeb.ps\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raqeeb.ps\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}