Second Democrat says he was offered $20M to run against Tlaib

A second U.S. Senate candidate in Michigan has come forward saying he was offered $20 million by the pro-Israel lobby to switch races and instead mount a primary challenge against Democratic U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Detroit.

Nasser Beydoun, a Dearborn businessman and Democrat, turned down the offer, which he said was made Nov. 10 and conveyed by Lon Johnson, a political consultant and former chairman of the Michigan Democratic Party.

Johnson vehemently denied the claim by Beydoun: "That's just crazy. I didn't offer him $20 million, or any other amount of money, to run against Rashida," Johnson told The Detroit News. "That's insane."

Read the rest at The Detroit News.

 
 
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