Republican /Candidates Court Jewish GOP Organization

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Wednesday, December 7, 2011

The Republican Jewish Coalition held a forum today with six of the Republican Presidential candidates. Coalition members heard first from former Senator Rick Santorum, former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman and former Massachusetts in their morning session.
 In the afternoon session the speakres were former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, Texas Governor Rick Perry, and Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann.  The event is taking place at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, DC.
Texas Congressman Ron Paul was not invited to participate in this forum by the GOP Jewish Coalition because 'he's just so far outside of the mainstream of the Republican party and this organization,” said RJC Executive Director Matthew Brooks. According to the Boston Globe, Rep. Ron Paul was not invited to attend because of his position on Israel. 

The room was packed for this event, with a standing-room-only crowd of attendees and representatives of over 100 different media outlets, including CNN, C-SPAN, Fox News, MSNBC, CBS, ABC, NBC, international news networks from Israel, Germany, Japan, Denmark, and Holland, and web and print media top names such as the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Politico, Boston Globe, Commentary, PJMedia, Huffington Post, Los Angeles Time, and The Weekly Standard, as well as top Jewish outlets.

GOP presidential forum -Afternoon Session


Rick Perry spoke at the Republican Jewish Coalition candidates forum. He focused on U.S. foreign policy, criticizing the Obama administration for its Middle East policy and border security weaknesses. After his speech he answered questions from audience members.