AIPAC BLOWN OUT In CRUSHING PA Loss

TL;DR

Chris Rabb won a Philadelphia congressional primary decisively over AIPAC-backed candidates, exposing AIPAC's secret money laundering through 314 Action.

Key Points

• 1.Chris Rabb won with nearly 45% of the vote. The Democratic Socialist beat Sharief Street (29.5%) and Alicia Stanford (24%) in an open Philadelphia congressional seat race that seemed unwinnable just two months prior.
• 2.AIPAC secretly funneled over $3 million through 314 Action to back Alicia Stanford. This mirrors their 2024 tactic in Portland against Pramila Jayapal's sister — APAC is uniquely the only super PAC that hides its issue identity behind front groups.
• 3.Stanford's campaign imploded after a disastrous Fox interview. When asked who should enforce immigration laws if ICE is abolished, she froze, then said 'Congress' — ending her momentum and causing her to withdraw from forums.
• 4.Summer Lee, Working Families Party, and a new pro-Palestine PAC (American Priorities) were critical to Rabb's victory. American Priorities spent ~$500,000, WFP ~$500,000, and Lee was the first Congress member to endorse Rabb and organized heavily for him.
• 5.Sharief Street was undermined by a 2022 gerrymandering scandal. He worked with Republicans to draw himself a safer seat at the expense of other Democratic seats; WFP spent ~$100,000 on ads attacking him over it.
• 6.Third Way's attempt to weaponize Bernie Sanders backfired spectacularly. By spotlighting Sanders campaigning with Rabb in Philadelphia and with Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, Third Way only amplified progressive momentum — calling it a collapse for both AIPAC and Third Way.