The speaker of the house Nancy Pelosi, speaking at a conference of the American Committee on public relations of Israel (AIPAC) said that «Israel and America are connected now and forever. We will never allow anyone to make Israel a wedge,» noting that support for Ezra in Congress was and remains bipartisan. «I’ll just say it: anti-Semitism is anti-American. This is not our country.»
Speaker Nancy Pelosi at #AIPAC: «I simply declare to be anti-Semitic is to be anti-American. It has no place in our country.» https://t.co/WvH7nMhoMi pic.twitter.com/W1vJ4QWpB8
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The speech of the leader of the Democrats was held today in the morning after a speech by Vice-President Mike Pence, who pointed out the absence at the Conference of the democratic presidential candidates and reminded about the criticism of Israel from Congresswoman Democrat Ilhan Omar.
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Pelosi recently led a meeting of democratic representatives in Congress, which failed to come to a common opinion: many expected the words Omar officially convicted, however, of its resolution in the end is not mentioned. At the same time, trump is touting on Twitter the Republican Jewish youth movement Jexodus calling on Jews to abandon support for the Democratic party and go to the Republicans.
Against the background of yesterday’s signing with trump Declaration on the recognition of the Golan heights by Israel and the transfer of the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem, from which he began his presidency, the Democrats, indeed, it is difficult to hold my place in the rankings for American Jewish voters.
Nancy Pelosi in his speech today did not mention the contradictions with Omar, saying that «the whole audience came together to condemn anti-Semitic myth of dual loyalty and all forms of bigotry,» but added that «in our democratic societies, we must welcome legitimate debate about the best way to respect our values and promote our priorities, not questioning loyalty or patriotism.»
