POLITICO
AIPAC condemns Trump attack on Obama
by Sarah Wheaton
March 22, 2016

The leaders of the largest American pro-Israel lobby distanced themselves on Tuesday morning from Donald Trump’s attacks on President Barack Obama at their policy conference. Trump addressed the annual Washington gathering of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee on Monday night, and some of his biggest applause lines were his characteristically blunt critiques of Obama, who he said “may be the worst thing to ever happen to Israel, believe me, believe me.” AIPAC president Lillian Pinkus read a statement from the stage on Tuesday to disavow Trump’s remarks. “We say unequivocally that we do not countenance ad hominem attacks, and we take great offense to those that are levied against the United States of America from our stage,” Pinkus said. “While we may have policy differences, we deeply respect the office of the president of the United States and our president, Barack Obama.” She also castigated attendees who responded positively to Trump’s comments. READ MORE

From AIPAC: This morning, AIPAC President Lillian Pinkus delivered the following statement alongside Chairman of the Board Robert A. Cohen, Chief Executive Officer Howard Kohr, and Vice Chief Executive Officer Richard Fishman from the Policy Conference stage…READ MORE