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“Are you willing tonight to condemn white supremacists and militia groups, and to say that they need to stand down and not add to the violence at a number of these cities, as we saw in Kenosha and as we’ve seen in Portland?” asked moderator and Fox News anchor Chris Wallace.
“The president is not Hitler. Joe Biden is not Castro,” said Rabbi Abraham Cooper of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, adding that the comparison “degrades the memory of the Shoah.”
The coalition will work to underscore the significance of the Trump administration’s pro-Israel and pro-Jewish policies.
“During his 16 terms in Congress, Rep. [Richard] Neal has been a steadfast supporter of America’s important relationship with Israel,” said Pro-Israel America’s executive director Jeff Mendelsohn.
Rep. Richard Neal, chair of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, is facing a heated primary for the Massachusetts 1st District by progressive upstart Alex Morse, who been endorsed by anti-Israel groups and dogged by allegations of sexual impropriety.
The president also took issue with his rival, former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, and a congresswoman, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), as 1,500 guests at the White House cheered him on.
The opening prayer was given by Rabbi Aryeh Spero, president of the Conference of Jewish Affairs and a longtime Republican.
“The president exited the U.S. from the disastrous nuclear deal with Iran and squeezed the Ayatollah, Hezbollah and Hamas,” said U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
A spokesperson from Jesse Mermell’s campaign told JNS that her response to the BDS question “was an error due to misunderstanding a very opaquely worded question. It has since been corrected.”
“Mike Pompeo, in his capacity as a private citizen, shouldn’t have to give up his chance to speak at the RNC because Joe Biden is bad on Israel,” said RJC spokesperson Neil Strauss.
“President [Donald] Trump moved our embassy to Jerusalem—and when the U.N. tried to condemn us, I was proud to cast the American veto,” said former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley.
While in Jerusalem, the U.S. secretary of state was set to deliver a taped speech for the Republican National Convention—a move that breaches decades of protocol.
