AIPAC Stops Endorsing Candidates, but Its Super PAC Keeps Raising
NPR reports that AIPAC, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, announced on Wednesday that it will no longer issue endorsements, make direct PAC contributions or earmark funds for candidates. Its affiliated super PAC, United Democracy Project, will keep operating and will still be able to raise unlimited money, which AIPAC confirmed to NPR.
In a letter, the group said it would not stop directing money to candidates who align with its mission by mobilizing individual donors. AIPAC spokesperson Deryn Sousa told NPR that the group's mission and strategy remain the same despite the changes.
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Keeping a super PAC that can raise without limit while pushing members' individual donations harder means the group's money doesn't stop — it just changes pipes.
Candidates may see the change differently: endorsed candidates hit tough opposition from both the political right and the left for accepting AIPAC's support and money, and some said they would refuse it. The endorsement itself had become the costly part.