Inside the “Zionists for Don Samuels” WhatsApp Group Raising Big Money to Oust Ilhan Omar

Members of a WhatsApp group founded by wealthy pro-Israel donors coordinated to infuse last-minute cash into Don Samuels’s primary race against Rep. Ilhan Omar , D-Minn. The group discussed raising six -figure sums for a political action committee, strategies for campaign phone banks, and an effort to marshal Republican voters.

“ Zionists for Don Samuels ” chat group was formed in October 2023 by anti-Democratic public relations impresario Ronn Torossian .

The group was founded under the name “ Jews for Ritchie Torres” and later changed to Jews Against the Squad’ The Intercept found other links between the chat group and the Make a Difference PAC .

In the chat, Minn disavowed coordination with the PAC .

The super PAC had existed in a now-defunct form for the 2022 cycle, when it spent more than $600,000 also in favor of Samuels ’s last challenge to Omar .

As of November 2023 , August King was still on the payroll of an affiliated committee to the Samuel campaign.

The group discussed at length an idea to target registered Republicans to vote against Omar .