Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is fundraising off of Rep. Jamaal Bowman’s (D-NY) pro-Israel primary challenger, who jumped in the race last month and is receiving support from a GOP megadonor.

“When right-wing megadonors attack one of us, they’re trying to silence our whole movement,” an email from Ocasio-Cortez’s campaign states. “And in this moment, standing strongly beside leaders calling for peace and humanity has never been more important.”

Bowman began his reelection campaign on Wednesday. His opponent, George Latimer, was endorsed this week by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, or AIPAC. Despite Latimer running as a Democrat, GOP megadonor Alex Dubitsky and his wife hosted the candidate for a fundraiser last week, according to the New York Daily News. The insurance mogul backed former President Donald Trump in 2020 with $15,000, Federal Election Commission records show.

Ocasio-Cortez’s campaign asked recipients to “show that we have the people power to beat his AIPAC-backed opponent by splitting a grassroots donation between [her and Bowman’s] campaigns.”

“Jamaal’s opponent is an establishment, career politician — who yesterday was officially endorsed by AIPAC. The path to victory won’t be easy. AIPAC will launch millions of dollars of nasty attack ads. But our diverse coalition is ready to step up,” AOC’s email adds. “This is about justice. This is about community. This is about what we want the Democratic Party — and our democracy — to look like.”

Latimer served on the Rye City Council, the Westchester County legislature, and in the New York State Assembly before being elected as Westchester County’s executive in 2017. 

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Bowman and Ocasio-Cortez — members of the “Squad,” a progressive group of House Democrats — have called for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, calling on President Joe Biden to lead a de-escalation as the humanitarian crisis in Gaza worsens since Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7.

Bowman avoided a House Ethics Committee investigation for setting off a fire alarm in a Capitol office building during a September vote on a bill to fund the government temporarily. Because Bowman already accepted responsibility for the incident, agreeing in October to pay a $1,000 fine with three months of probation and write an apology letter to the Capitol Police, the panel determined further review was unnecessary.