A guerrilla campaign involving Republican billionaires will change the primaries.
Photo illustration by Slate. Photos by Alex Wong/Getty Images, Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images, Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call Inc. via Getty Images, and Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images.The presidential field is basically set, but before the Trump vs. Biden rematch begins in earnest, there are still a bunch of highly contentious primaries for the House and Senate left to be decided.
AIPAC’s most successful sally in 2022 was kicking Andy Levin—not only one of the most prominent Jewish members of the House, but also a former synagogue president—out of his House seat in Michigan, in favor of a more conservative, non-Jewish representative in Haley Stevens. Now, AIPAC has made it a clear goal to defeat every progressive Democrat it can in 2024.
So you can see why Republicans would delight in this strategy. In a difficult fundraising environment, siphoning limited resources away from frontline races means Democrats will be less competitive in toss-up contests. Meanwhile, if UDP succeeds in knocking out, say, Jamaal Bowman in New York’s 16District, they will make the Democratic caucus whiter and more conservative—more like the Republican Party—all while weakening the Dems elsewhere.
It’s weird. Getting Democrats in power is key to Jeffries’ own success. And if Democrats are willing to let Republicans openly sabotage them in their own primary races in the spring and summer, it’s hard to believe they’ll be able to defeat Republicans in an open fight in the
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