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Democratic United States Representative Ilhan Omar, one of the progressive House members known as the “Squad” and an outspoken critic of Israel’s war in Gaza, has won her primary race in Minnesota.

With 216 of 217 precincts reporting results, Omar had 56.2 percent, compared with 42.9 percent for Samuels, according to Minnesota Secretary of State tallies.

Samuels had criticised Omar’s condemnation of the Israeli government’s handling of the war on Gaza. While Omar has also criticised the Palestinian group Hamas for attacking Israel and taking captives, Samuels has accused her of being one-sided and divisive. He also stressed public safety issues in Minneapolis where a former police officer murdered Black man George Floyd in 2020.

Other “Squad” members Jamaal Bowman of New York and Cori Bush of Missouri have lost their party primaries over the past few months against opponents who had won substantial support from the pro-Israel fundraising group AIPAC.

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[–] Kolrami@lemmy.world 24 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

She won her primary a couple months ago and she's in a very blue district.

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They can still fund her opponent in the general.

And I'm sure that if they succeed, lemmy's centrists will gloat just like they did when a genocidal regime bought candidates to unseat Jamaal Bowman and Cori Bush.

[–] Kolrami@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

First part is true, but irrelevant since it's a blue district like I tried to explain to the other dude. When I say blue, I mean she more than doubled her next closest opponent (the Republican candidate)'s votes. It would be a waste of AIPAC's money from their perspective.

Second part sounds like fan fiction because the users on Lemmy I've interacted with don't sound like people who want to see a solidly blue district turn red.

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Second part sounds like fan fiction

https://lemmy.world/comment/11621919

Call me a liar again.

[–] Kolrami@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago

Yeah, that pretty much aligns with what I thought. A comment downvoted to -122.

[–] mightyfoolish@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It doesn't mean AIPAC cannot fund the campaign of a more conservative Democrat.

[–] Kolrami@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah it does, because in the general election, she'll be the only Democrat. That's the purpose of the primary.

[–] mightyfoolish@lemmy.world -2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Didn't we see one Democrat beat another the other week?

[–] Kolrami@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That's a primary. Different places have primaries at different times.

[–] mightyfoolish@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

@tootoughtoremember@lemmy.world

I don't understand the point you two are making.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/20/nyregion/aipac-bowman-latimer.html

Edit: I think I understand your thought process. This isn't the only year with primaries and elections...