AIPAC Trying To Get Hill Harper To Oust Rashida Tlaib!

Hill Harper told the junk food media that AIPAC will not back him if he stayed in the senate primary race. They demanded he dropped out and challenge Rashida Tlaib.

Actor Hill Harper has considered running for U.S. Senate to replace Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) but is considering a challenge against Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI).

The American Israel Public Affairs Committee [AIPAC] has called him and asked him to drop his senate bid and challenge the progressive lawmaker. Tlaib, the three term American lawmaker who is Muslim and a 4th generation Palestinian has withheld her endorsement of President Joe Biden due to his one sided stance on the Israel-Palestinian conflict.

She and Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) have been vilified by the far right and several of their fellow Democratic lawmakers in a coordinated plot to silence their opposition to Israel and its genocide on Gaza. This is racist and Islamophobic.

Harper was offered $20 million to drop out of the Michigan senate primary race. The donor wanted Harper to run for the Michigan 12th District which Tlaib represents.

He declined it.

I didn’t intend for a private phone call to turn public. But now that it has, here’s the truth.

One of AIPAC’s biggest donors offered $20m if I dropped out of the U.S. Senate race to run against @RashidaTlaib.

I said no. I won’t be bossed, bullied, or bought. https://t.co/Ji76jwPE3X

— Hill Harper (@hillharper) November 22, 2023

More than 95% of AIPAC-backed candidates won their election last night!

Being pro-Israel is good policy and good politics! pic.twitter.com/0dWaUMRHux

— AIPAC | Text ISRAEL to 24722 | #StandWithIsrael (@AIPAC) November 9, 2022

In a post on X, the actor-turned-politician said he rejected the notion.

I won’t be bossed, bullied, or bought,” he wrote.

Tlaib, the only Palestinian-American member of Congress, has faced intense scrutiny in recent weeks over her criticism of the Israeli government’s military operations against Hamas. Earlier this month, the House passed a GOP-led resolution to censure Tlaib over her comments.

AIPAC wants to push Rashida Tlaib out.

Harper did not name the donor in the post. But in an interview with CNN, his campaign spokesman Karthik Ganapathy identified Michigan businessman Linden Nelson as the person who offered the financial support.

Nelson did not immediately respond to emails and telephone messages Wednesday afternoon.

Harper, a first-time candidate known for his roles on “The Good Doctor” and “CSI: NY” television shows, faces a stiff challenge in vying for an open Senate seat next year. Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin, another candidate seeking the Senate seat, had led Harper – and the rest of the field – in fundraising.

Harper is using the phrase about not being “bossed, bullied, or bought” to solicit campaign donations.