Gov. JB Pritzker Criticizes AIPAC After Pro-Israel Group Spent Heavily In Illinois Primary

AIPAC super PAC funded big-spending Illinois groups, as Democratic fights over Israel spread

The American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s super PAC seeded two anonymous groups that spent more than $14 million to surreptitiously influence pivotal House Democratic primaries in Illinois on Tuesday — marking a new salvo in the battle over policy on Israel within the Democratic Party.

Pritzker Criticizes AIPAC After Pro-Israel Group Spends Heavily in Illinois Primary

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker sharply criticized the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) following the group’s significant spending in the March 17 Illinois primary elections. In an interview with The Associated Press on March 18, Pritzker said AIPAC has strayed from its original mission as a bipartisan organization focused on strengthening U.S.-Israel relations. “It became an organization that was supporting [President] Donald Trump an…

Pritzker knocks AIPAC after pro-Israel group spent big in Illinois races – The Hill

AIPAC and affiliated shell committees reportedly spent more than $21 million in multiple Democratic races in the Prairie State, with mixed results. Pritzker, who himself spent at least $5 million in support of Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton, called the AIPAC spending “interference” and accused the lobbying group of straying from its initial goal to support peace in the Middle East.

Gov. JB Pritzker Criticizes AIPAC After Pro-Israel Group Spent Heavily In Illinois Primary

Pritzker, a Jewish Democrat who also spent money to influence races, was an AIPAC donor before walking away more than a decade ago.