Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said Monday that he would not attend Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to Congress next month.
Multiple reporters who attended a speech given by Sanders, a potential 2016 presidential candidate, at a Brookings Institution event shared his comments.
Sanders on Netanyahu speech: “I am not going.” #SandersAtBrookings
— Dan Merica (@danmericaCNN) February 9, 2015
At Brookings, Bernie Sanders says he’s not going to the Netanyahu address to Congress.
— daveweigel (@daveweigel) February 9, 2015
Sen. Sanders tells #SandersAtBrookings crowd that he will not be attending Israeli PM Netanyahu’s speech to Congress, may watch on TV
— Phil Elliott (@Philip_Elliott) February 9, 2015
Three House Democrats have said they also won’t attend Netanyahu’s speech on Iran, which House Speaker John Boehner invited him to make without consulting the White House, and dozens of others are reportedly considering a boycott.
LibtarD anTisemites and Self-hating LIbtards. BoycoTTIng Netanyahu IS what LED to the RISe of HITLEr!1!!1!!one!1!!!
anti-Semite
Oh, wait…
None of the dems should. They should show solidarity for once with their President
This. The president should trump their pathetic allegiance to Israeli (and other) lobby groups. Nor should any Senator be given the Speaker tacit approval for his end around the president’s foreign policy, an action (going against a president’s foreign policy) that previous GOPers would have called “treasonous”.
Good for you, senator. Stand with the president and his efforts, and not Agent Orange over in the House of Representatives.