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Iowa state Sen. Randy Feenstra. Source: Screenshot.
Republican Jewish Coalition endorses Rep. Steve King’s primary opponent
RJC PAC has donated $5,000 to Iowa state Sen. Randy Feenstra’s campaign, the maximum a political action committee can give to a candidate in an election year.
He was the sole Republican vote against the overwhelmingly passed July 2019 resolution in the U.S. House of Representatives condemning the anti-Israel BDS movement and voted against the Never Again Education Act in January that seeks to expand Holocaust education in America.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the audience at the Republican Jewish Coalition in Las Vegas on April 6, 2019. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.
Republican Jewish Coalition conference postponed amid spread of coronavirus
The news comes in the wake of the White House officially declaring the coronavirus a pandemic in an address by U.S. President Donald Trump.
“We’re also going to use the National Guard in the containment area to deliver food to homes, to help with the cleaning of public spaces,” said New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
“States and local school boards, NOT Washington, should ensure our children are getting the best education, including on the subject of the Holocaust and human atrocities of all kinds, in all places and against all peoples,” said Rep. Jodey Arrington (R-Texas).
New Republican Jewish Coalition political director Sam Markstein is taking into consideration the Orthodox and a segment of the younger population, and counting on Florida.
The resolution was announced at the Republican Jewish Coalition’s annual meeting in Las Vegas.