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March 25, 2025 - Louder with Crowder
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The AIPAC Question: Separating Fact from Fiction
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I just ask that you apply your outrage equally.
Alright? And I'm applying it equally here.
I have the same problem with APEC that I have of ActBlue.
Or I have with whatever elect Hillary PAC today.
I don't like them because they don't like our point of view.
They hate America.
It's that simple.
This is something that I've...
And just, please, give me a moment to explain some context here.
I don't like seeing this division that you see on the right, and I think that you have this identity politics, this kind of class warfare going on, really on what used to be the far left, which is the actual party of anti-Semitism, and then they've sort of connected with the far right in being anti-Semitic.
There are actual people out there to whom the Jews are at the center of all problems in the world.
And then you have people who just like accusing you of racism, homophobia, transphobia, they use Anti-Semitic to try and silence any legitimate criticism.
Let me be clear about my stance.
I hope that Israel wipes Hamas off the face of the earth.
When people get mad, for example, at Christians or Jews blaspheming against Islam, right?
When Muslims get mad, you can't paint Muhammad.
Well, guess what?
Your entire religion is effectively based on blasphemy because you're claiming that Jesus Christ isn't the person who he said he is and who we believe him to be.
But we don't blow you up over it.
I'm not a big fan of radical Islamism, or Islamism, 150 million plus people who believe that violence is justified against infidels.
I want to be clear about that.
Now, with that being said, and as a Christian, I do believe that Israel has a right to exist.
You need to separate your personal faith and your personal beliefs, sometimes from your duty as an American.
And I do have a problem specifically with AIPAC as an organization.
Let me put a finer point on it.
I dislike AIPAC for the same reason I dislike ActBlue and the SEIU.
Because they give huge sums of cash to far-left, anti-American candidates.
The only caveat with AIPAC is if they support Israel.
Now, I have no problem with someone who supports Israel.
I have a problem with someone who's anti-First Amendment, anti-Second Amendment, who's pro-abortion, because, oh, I passed the litmus test, pro-Israel.
And so you see APEC supporting...
You cannot support, you cannot give money to a far-left Democrat in 2025 and claim that you love America.
I'm a Christian.
I believe in charity.
We all do.
At least one-tenth goes to the church, right?
A tithe.
I also understand that as an American, I shouldn't be voting for the United States to be the charity of the world because that's not my role as an American.
It's a system of government.
I should personally be charitable.
It's not the United States' duty to...
Effectively, spend themselves into oblivion, into greater debt, in order to help Zambia, Ghana.
Same thing.
I personally support Israel's right to exist, and of course, their war against Hamas right now.
That doesn't mean that our policy should at any point place allegiance to Israel or some kind of lobbying group above that of the United States.
Does that make sense?
Yeah. I'm a Christian first.
And then I'm an American.
But as it relates to our system of government, my duty is as an American first.
And I understand you can be Jewish and American.
But as an American, it is your duty when you vote, and we discuss politics, to place this country first.
The founders were very, very clear about that.
So, getting into this, there are a lot of claims out there, some of which are true, some of which aren't, and claims from both sides regarding AIPAC.
So I'm going to go through some claims, both from the attack angle and the defense angle.
And hopefully make sense of this.
All references are available.
Link in the description.
Just, if you disagree, I expect hate to come from all sides here.
And I think that most people out there probably line up with this line of thinking more than the people who scream the loudest on social media.
You can comment at the end of this segment.
What is AIPAC?
They're the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, and of course you've heard a whole lot about them in the news recently.
A big part of the conversation is a particular lobby group called the American-Israel Public Affairs Committee, or AIPAC.
There's also this lobby, AIPAC, which is a very, very powerful lobby.
It's all about the Benjamins, maybe.
In response to this tweet, would love to know who Representative Ilhan thinks is paying American politicians to be pro-Israel.
Omar tweeted again.
AIPAC. Ostensibly, it's a group of Americans who lobby on behalf of Israel.
A lot of the big money lobbies that are corrupting a lot of our politics.
Big Oil, the NRA, AIPAC.
I mean, it's pretty obvious why AIPAC would be investing in getting pro-Israeli politicians into the government.
If you stand up, you're going to find that AIPAC and other billionaire-funded super PACs are going to go to war against you.
Putting huge amounts of money in a primary in your general election.
All right, a lot to unpack there, as the kiddos say.
So it's time for some claim truth.
Now, here's the first claim I'm going to address, and this will get me sideways with conservative non-profits who support Israel no matter what at every single point, including AIPAC, that AIPAC is a very conservative organization.
APEC's election war chest, financed by major donors, including several Republican billionaires and key GOP funders, has started imposing expensive consequences for lawmakers who express criticism of the U.S.'s unwavering support for Israel.
Okay, here's the truth.
APEC donates significantly more to Democrats than Republicans.
They do donate a lot to Republicans.
Again, their only qualifier is, do you support Israel, period.
That is not an American ideal as far as policy.
They give more to Democrats.
So in 2024, Democrat candidates received from APEC, to give you an idea, $19.1 million.
I believe this is a total of Congressional and Senate candidates.
Republicans, $15.7 million.
The average contribution on a candidate-by-candidate basis for Democrats, $117,000.
For Republicans, $66,000.
So almost twice given to individual Democrats.
To be clear.
Let me give you some examples, by the way.
And this is, look, I'm a Christian and I sat in an evangelical church where, yeah, it was always support Israel.
And by the way, of course, as Christians, we do believe that they have the right to exist to that land.
Fine, but I'm separating that here.
I didn't realize just how corrosive it was to have such a large organization supporting awful people who seek the destruction of your country.
And here's the thing.
That has nothing to do with Jews.
For example, AIPAC gave $866,000 to Hakeem Jeffries.
$519,000 to Debbie Wasserman Schultz.
Kirsten Gillibrand, $480,000.
Nancy Pelosi, only $8,000, but she doesn't need it.
She has insider trading to fall back on.
They gave her money in other ways.
Yeah. So this is the issue here.
You have people on the evangelical right who believe that...
Israel's our greatest ally?
That certainly is likely the case, can be argued.
That doesn't mean that AIPAC is if they're giving to Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Hakeem Jeffries and they brag about how 98% of their candidates are elected.
Well, hold on a second.
Let me ask you.
Am I supposed to be on board with AIPAC?
Does it make me anti-Semitic if I don't abandon my pro-First Amendment principles, my pro-Second Amendment principles, my pro-life principles?
Why would I abandon all those principles just because your only qualifier is supporting Israel?
I do support Israel.
I don't support those candidates.
And I don't support a giant organization giving those candidates.
Money! Because you're actively fighting against the United States of America.
Their primary goal, AIPAC, is to get pro-Israel candidates elected.
That's it.
That does seem to me perhaps anti-American.
This is from its own website.
They spent $70 million in 2024 to support pro-Israel candidates, and 90-something percent of the candidates won.
They even brag that they helped defeat...
Huge Second Amendment advocate, Brandon Herrera, in his primary because he was not pro-Israel enough.
It's like those people who say, I've been a Republican, but I can't vote for Donald Trump.
It's a matter of principle.
Okay, so the alternative?
You abandon all your principles to vote for Kamala Harris because you don't like Donald Trump?
He may not be pro-life enough for you.
We're talking about the state-issue Supreme Court.
Okay, fine, fine, fine.
The choice is a candidate who supports abortion all the way up until including birth, period, and violating your right to self-preservation?
And transitioning minors?
Why do you not have a problem with abandoning all of those principles?
Why are conservatives expected to abandon all these principles?
Because they're afraid of being accused of anti-Semitism if they have a problem with AIPAC supporting Hakeem Jeffries, Wasserman Schultz, Pelosi, Gillibrand.
The only qualifier of AIPAC, and this is what I believe people have a problem with, it's a legitimate gripe.
The only qualifier is, do you support Israel regardless of any?
Other constitutional stances.
And that's the only thing that this group cares about, lobbying American representatives as they advocate for American policy.
And they're giving you money.
Okay, Mr. Candidate, where do you stand on the Constitution?
It's an antiquated doctrine that's in need of a few updates.
Uh-huh.
And your stance on the First Amendment?
Scrap it.
Got it.
How about the Second Amendment?
I'd take the axe to that.
And where do you line up on Israel?
Pro. Pro-Israel.
Here you go.
That is documentary footage.
That was easy.
By the way, it's incredibly responsible to be pro-Israel and also be pissed off at some of the things that Israel does, right?
Sure. Jesus was exactly this, incredibly pro-Israel, but stood in the temple and basically lambasted them for what they were doing and got really annoyed by them as well.
I'll just have you sometimes like, ah, how long do I have to put up with these people?
Oh, if Jesus went to AIPAC headquarters, he'd at least flip a table.
At one or two.
Yeah, yeah, absolutely.
You can do both.
He'd probably curse some of their fig trees.
Yeah. Never producing again.
Blow out a menorah?
All of it.
Yeah, how do you feel about that?
Enjoy your Hakeem Jeffries!
So, here's another claim that I'm going to go through, and now this is going to anger, unfortunately, the actual anti-Semites of the audience.
And it's a very, very rare thing, but if you believe that Jews are the cause of all problems in the world, okay.
I just ask that you apply your outrage equally.
Alright? And I'm applying it equally here.
I have the same problem with APEC that I have of ActBlue.
Or I have with whatever elect Hillary PAC today.
I don't like them because I don't like our point of view.
They hate America.
It's that simple.
But this claim that is being made is that AIPAC is the single most influential lobbying group in D.C. They control everything.
Well, AIPAC is one of the two most powerful lobbies in the United States.
Not just the most powerful pro-Israel lobbies, but most powerful lobby maybe on par with the National Rifle Association.
Okay. Here's the truth.
No, it's not.
So, if you look at 2024 lobbying, we're sort of separating this here, APEC ranked 191st behind groups like the National Association of Realtors, Chamber of Commerce, and Meta.
So, if you think the Jews are behind it, a lot of...
A lot of Pinterest moms with part-time realtors.
Yeah, there's more money coming from Botox faces.
Yes, exactly.
This is just big botulism.
Now, if you look at 2023 to 2024, specifically their direct contributions, AIPAC ranked 18th behind groups like ActBlue, WinRed, Future Forward USA, just to be clear.
That's where they ranked here.
So, again, you can be upset about their influence because they may be advocating for another nation above What's that, Josh?
Snack time.
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