Hoyer not amused with Moran’s AIPAC comment
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) condemned fellow Democrat Jim Moran (VA) today for comments Moran recently made about the Israel lobby American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC).
In a press conference, Hoyer said Moran’s comments were inaccurate and should be retracted.
His remarks were factually inaccurate and recall an old canard that is not true, that the Jewish community controls the media and the Congress.
In an interview for the current issue of Tikkum magazine, Moran said:
[AIPAC] has pushed this war from the beginning … They are so well-organized, and their members are extraordinarily powerful — most of them are quite wealthy — they have been able to exert power.
Moran’s office issued a statement saying “the congressman admitted that the tone of his remarks were ‘unnecessarily harsh’ but stood by his statements that AIPAC does not represent ‘mainstream American Jewish opinion.’ “
Source: The Hill
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