Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) “has no plans to attend the [American Israel Public Affairs Committee] conference,” Josh Orton, his policy director, told HuffPost in an email. An aide to Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) told Politico she would play no role in the conference, either. Pete Buttigieg, the increasingly prominent mayor of South Bend, Indiana, said last week that he would not attend the conference. However, he did have his speech passed out among attendees and had offered to address AIPAC via video. The president is continuing to upend longstanding U.S. policy to show he’s more supportive of Israel than his predecessors.

Source: Huffington Post March 21, 2019 18:33 UTC