AIPAC on Sunday night responded to Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders, who announced earlier that he would boycott the pro-Israel lobby’s policy conference scheduled for next week.
“Senator Sanders has never attended our conference and that is evident from his outrageous comment. In fact, many of his own Senate and House Democratic colleagues and leaders speak from our platform to the over 18,000 Americans from widely diverse backgrounds - Democrats, Republicans, Jews, Christians, African Americans, Hispanic Americans, progressives, Veterans, students, members of the LGBTQ+ community who participate in the conference to proclaim their support for the U.S.-Israel relationship,” the organization said in a statement.
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