Speaking at a town hall event today on the Eastside, U.S. Rep. Adam Smith (D) offered a strong rebuke towards his critics by reminding voters of his nearly 30-year history of unwavering support for foreign lobby groups and defense contractors.
“Since 1996, I have had the distinct privilege of representing both hardworking salt-of-the-earth Boeing executives who call the 9th District their home and IDF soldiers who live half a world away from here,” said Smith. “If you look at my record, you’ll be hard-pressed to find anyone who could do a better job of keeping Boeing swimming in government contracts long after they stopped prioritizing building functional aircraft over building bombs to kill thousands of innocent civilians.”
Some, though, questioned Smith’s display of a modicum of empathy for Gazans suffering starvation this last May and July.
“It worries us for sure even if he stuck to his propaganda script for the most part in those statements by continuing to blame their starvation more on Hamas than Israel just like a good little AIPAC boy we bought for $500k should,” said AIPAC lobbyist Mark Weinstein. “But tonight was a good reminder that between him and his challenger, labor and human rights leader Kshama Sawant, of course he’s going to be a better enabler of an endlessly violent ethnic cleansing of the entire Middle East that’s just starting with Palestine.”
Most voters said they left the town hall much more assured that Smith is also still the best Congressional candidate to represent his major campaign donors Palantir, Microsoft and Lockheed Martin.
