I didn’t know what to expect when I attended my first AIPAC conference but for some reason felt I had to be there. It wasn’t just to get away for my wife’s 50 birthday, or get a day off from work it wasn’t something much bigger that drew me to this conference. It was the need to be with others that wanted to keep Israel strong. Boy did I find those others, over 16,000 people attended from every political persuasion, race and religion and all called upon for the same purpose. The variety of different people who normally didn’t break the same Matzoh or bread together came together to say that we stand with Israel during these tough times. It was amazing to learn how important our alliance is to both parties not only militarily and through a security perspective but economically and socially as well. That is why even if you might disagree with the way the Prime Minister was invited to speak before a joint committee of the House and the Senate, that his message was too vital to ignore. For the threat from Iran isn’t just an Israel threat but a threat to the entire security of the Western World. To ignore such a key voice is to ignore the words that might keep America safe as well. That is why I ask you to strongly consider not voting for or supporting the following Senators and Congress people (below) who refused to listen and show their support. For if they don’t listen to such a true ally can you really trust them to listen to you?
Rep. Karen Bass (Calif.)
Rep. Earl Blumenauer (Ore.)
Rep. Corrine Brown (Fla.)
Rep. G.K. Butterfield (N.C.)
Rep. Lois Capps (Calif.)
Rep. Andre Carson (Ind.)
Rep. Joaquin Castro (Texas)
Rep. Katherine Clark (Mass.)
Rep. Lacy Clay (Mo.)
Rep. James Clyburn (S.C.)
Rep. Steve Cohen (Tenn.)
Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-N.J.)
Rep. John Conyers (Mich.)
Rep. Danny Davis (Ill.)
Rep. Rosa DeLauro (Conn.)
Rep. Peter DeFazio (Ore.)
Rep. Diana DeGette (Colo.)
Rep. Lloyd Doggett (Texas)
Rep. Donna Edwards (Md.)
Rep. Keith Ellison (Minn.)
Rep. Chaka Fattah (Pa.)
Rep. Marcia Fudge (Ohio)
Rep. Raúl Grijalva (Ariz.)
Rep. Luis Gutiérrez (Ill.)
Rep. Denny Heck (Wash.)
Rep. Ruben Hinojosa (Texas)
Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (Texas)
Rep. Marcy Kaptur (Ohio)
Rep. Rick Larsen (Wash.)
Rep. Barbara Lee (Calif.)
Rep. John Lewis (Ga.)
Rep. Dave Loebsack (Iowa)
Rep. Zoe Lofgren (Calif.)
Rep. Betty McCollum (Minn.)
Rep. Jim McDermott (Wash.)
Reps. Jim McGovern (Mass.)
Rep. Jerry McNerney (Calif.)
Rep. Gregory Meeks (N.Y.)
Rep. Gwen Moore (Wis.)
Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D.C.)
Rep. Beto O’Rourke (Texas)
Rep. Chellie Pingree (Maine)
Rep. David Price (N.C.)
Rep. Cedric Richmond (La.)
Rep. Jan Schakowsky (Ill.)
Rep. Bennie Thompson (Miss.)
Rep. Mike Thompson (Calif.)
Rep. John Yarmuth (Ky.)
Sen. Al Franken (Minn.)
Sen. Tim Kaine (Va.)
Sen. Patrick Leahy (Vt.)
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.)
Sen. Brian Schatz (Hawaii)
Sen. Martin Heinrich (N.M.)
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (Mass.)
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (R.I.)