Senate candidate says he was offered $20m to mount primary challenge against Rashida Tlaib
By MEE staff | 22 November 2023 19:05 GMT | Middle East Eye
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A prominent actor turned Michigan politician was offered $20m to mount a primary challenge against Democratic Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib, underscoring the fierce blowback the Palestinian-American lawmaker is facing over her position on Israel.
“One of AIPAC’s biggest donors offered $20m if I dropped out of the U.S. Senate race to run against @RashidaTlaib,” US Democratic Senate candidate Hill Harper wrote on social media platform X. “I said no. I won’t be bossed, bullied, or bought.”
“I’m not going to run against the only Palestinian-American in Congress just because some special interests don’t like her,” he added.
Harper revealed that he had been approached to primary Tlaib after Politico reported that Michigan businessman Linden Nelson offered him $10m in direct contributions to his potential campaign and another $10m in independent expenditures if he ran against her.
Harper, who left his role as a leading actor in the TV series The Good Doctor to run for an open Michigan Senate seat, said the offer crystalised his decision to enter politics. (...)