To: Democrats running for office, DNC, DSCC, DCCC
Democrats: Don’t accept money from War Hawks!
War hawks, including defense contractors, AIPAC, and AI companies, are trying to buy elections and Democrats to extend the unpopular, deadly, and costly war in Iran. They’re spending hundreds of millions of dollars in dark money to defeat pro-diplomacy Democrats and distracting from real priorities like health care and rising costs. These groups have no interest in helping everyday Americans and care only about advancing war and their own bottom lines.
We demand that Democrats reject contributions from War Hawks and focus on delivering real results that will improve our lives.
Why is this important?
President Trump illegally attacked Iran, and now thousands of lives have been lost, tens of billions of dollars have been wasted on an unpopular war, and gas prices are skyrocketing, yet some politicians are still not speaking out against the invasion … why?
War hawks, including AIPAC, defense contractors, and major AI companies, are secretly flooding elections with millions of dollars to prop up pro-war candidates, and raking in the profits.
No politicians should be accepting money from AIPAC, defense contractors, or others promoting and profiting from war. We need to remind them that they work for us, not special interests.
Corporations like Lockheed Martin that contract with the Department of Defense profit when the U.S. attacks other countries, because they make the weaponry that we use to attack. So far in 2025 and ’26, according to the FEC, the top 10 defense contractors have spent more than $8 million to elect candidates—influencing them to support future conflicts and expand the already massive Pentagon budget.
These dark-money groups know that the war and their policies are unpopular and won’t win elections, so they funnel their money through shell PACs and last-minute investments. In the primary elections in Illinois in March 2026, outside groups aligned with AIPAC spent millions, around 60% of total outside spending in the races, but their ads never mentioned Israel or war. They even set up entities with innocuous-sounding names like Elect Chicago Women.
Sign now to join the call for Democrats to reject contributions from war hawks and to focus on issues that will improve our lives, like health care and lowering prices.