Michigan GOP Asks Pro-Israel Group to Please Stop Advertising Like It’s 2008
KEY POINTS
- •Rogers' team asked AIPAC to avoid public ads after their $30 million campaign backfired by energizing El-Sayed.
- •El-Sayed, who won the August 4 primary, made AIPAC's spending a key negative issue, calling Israel a 'rogue state'.
- •GOP donors with Jewish ties try to mediate between Rogers and AIPAC before the November 3 election in Michigan.
Mike Rogers, Michigan’s GOP Senate hopeful, sparked a political breakup harder than your last Tinder date by asking AIPAC to hush their $30 million ad blitz against Democrat Abdul El-Sayed. After winning his Aug. 4 race calling Israel a 'rogue state' and dropping genocide accusations, El-Sayed became AIPAC’s mortal enemy. Rogers’ crew freaked out that AIPAC’s spotlight was giving El-Sayed more ammo, so they pushed the pro-Israel mega-lobby to fund stealth campaigns or lend strategists—offer declined like a bad party invite. Now the GOP’s Jewish donors play Tinder matchmaker to patch things before Nov. 3, even as Michigan voters stubbornly say 'No' to more US aid for Israel. Meanwhile, AIPAC’s cash vault still gleams near $60 million, just waiting for a new dating strategy or maybe a bingo night.
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(1 of 3)The GOP threw AIPAC under the bus to dodge association with a group spending $30 million like a drunk trust fund kid and still losing street cred in Michigan. Politics, now with zero chill and max awkward Zoom ghosting.
Mike Rogers telling AIPAC to dial it down is like asking a magician to stop pulling rabbits out of hats—except the rabbits are $30 million in ads and political disasters.
When your political backer’s ads are the best thing your opponent can run against you, it’s time to tell them to go be 'influential' somewhere else.
Source: Axios | Published: 8/22/2026 | Author: Alex Isenstadt
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