Regardless of their immediate success, the issue was that they had to do this at all. They didn’t used to have to spend much to unseat a candidate they didn’t like, and now they do. The campaigns they used to unseat both didn’t even attack them over Israel, which says a lot about how the Democrat base feels about the issue. There were also some squad members, like Summer Lee, who are critical of Israel but not vulnerable enough for AIPAC to even bother. Money can only go so far.
Regardless of their immediate success, the issue was that they had to do this at all. They didn’t used to have to spend much to unseat a candidate they didn’t like, and now they do. The campaigns they used to unseat both didn’t even attack them over Israel, which says a lot about how the Democrat base feels about the issue. There were also some squad members, like Summer Lee, who are critical of Israel but not vulnerable enough for AIPAC to even bother. Money can only go so far.