Occupy Wall Street

DCCC Head Steve Israel: GOP Has 'Hit A New Low,' Questioned My Commitment To Religion

Eric Kleefeld | October 20, 2011, 12:50PM

Updated October 20, 2 p.m. ET

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is firing back at an attack from their counterparts at the NRCC, who released a web video Thursday that accused DCCC head Rep. Steve Israel (D-NY) of supporting anti-Semitic demonstrators at the Occupy Wall Street protests.

In an e-mail to the DCCC supporter list, Steve Israel declares: "The extreme right wing has launched an outrageous attack to distract us from their reckless economic policies: They are questioning my commitment to my own religion."

He also adds: "They're attacking me to try to silence you -- because they think it's wrong that you're frustrated and even angry about what Republicans are trying to do to this country. The personal attacks they've launched on me for standing with you are nothing in comparison to the hardships faced by middle income families across America every day."

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Topics: Anti-Semitism, DCCC, NRCC, Occupy Wall Street, Steve Israel

Occupy Wall Street

NRCC Web Video: DCCC Head Steve Israel 'Stands With' OWS Anti-Semitism

Eric Kleefeld | October 20, 2011, 10:27AM

Republicans are continuing to attack the Occupy Wall Street protests -- singling out elements of radicalism and/or anti-Semitism -- with a new web video from the National Republican Congressional Committee attacking Rep. Steve Israel (D-NY), who heads up their counterparts at the DCCC.

The video cites a New York Post opinion column, to say that "Steve Israel of New York, is urging party members to 'stand with' the demonstrators."

However, this is not actually what the Post column said: "The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, chaired by Rep. Steve Israel of New York, is urging party members to "stand with" the demonstrators." This in turn was referring to an e-mail petition that the DCCC sent to its supporter list, in order to score political points against the House Republican leadership -- not to regular party strategy for the actual politicians.

The video features dramatic music, and news clips of the protests. After showing a parade of socialism, communism, and that guy who stuck his rear end up against a police car, the on-screen text declares: "STEVE ISRAEL STANDS WITH THEM."

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Topics: 2012 elections, Anti-Semitism, DCCC, NRCC, Occupy Wall Street, Steve Israel

voter fraud

Hoyer: Republicans Depressing Turnout In Democratic Areas

Ryan J. Reilly | November 2, 2010, 11:21AM

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said in a last-minute fundraising e-mail for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee that Democrats have "already had disturbing reports about the Republicans trying to depress voter turnout in Democratic areas."

The DCCC will "have eyes and ears already on the ground, looking out for anything suspicious," Hoyer said in the e-mail. "They also have legal teams ready to be dispatched at a moment's notice any place where a recount is likely so we can decisively challenge all irregularities," he added.

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Topics: DCCC, Steny Hoyer, voter fraud, voter intimidation

Citizens United

DCCC Accuses Americans For Prosperity of Violating Tax Law (VIDEO)

Ryan J. Reilly | August 30, 2010, 8:37AM

Democrats are charging that Americans for Prosperity, a 501(c)(3) group with ties to the Tea Party, is violating its tax-exempt status by running ads that are "political in nature" and cross the line into political campaigning.

AFP is the subject of a complaint about ads in Kansas, Missouri and Michigan filed by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee with the IRS, the New York Times reported Friday. A copy of the complaint was provided to the Times.

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Topics: Americans For Prosperity, Citizens United, DCCC, Tea Parties