AIPAC Apologizes for Trump — and Crowd — Cheering Obama's Departure

[Purveyor]

WASHINGTON — In an emotional apology, the AIPAC leadership expressed regret to President Barack Obama for an attack on him from its stage by Donald Trump, and for the loud applause it earned.

“While we may have policy differences, we deeply respect the office of the President of the United States and our President Barack Obama,” Lillian Pinkus, the newly installed president of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, said Tuesday, joined by other AIPAC lay and professional leaders.

AIPAC’s evident anguish in the aftermath of Trump’s remarks undid the hopes that the Republican front-runner’s speech to the lobby would somehow help bring him into the mainstream.

“There are people in our AIPAC family who were deeply hurt last night and for that we are deeply sorry,” Pinkus said, her voice choking. “We are deeply disappointed that so many people applauded a sentiment that we neither agree with or condone.”

Launching a critique of Obama’s U.N. policy, Trump, a real estate magnate, had begun a sentence Monday evening, “With President Obama in his final year –“ Then he stopped himself and said “Yay!”

Cheers and laughter and applause arose from the crowd of 18,000 packed into the Verizon Center, a sports arena used by the lobby for the first time to accommodate record breaking numbers.

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[Human101948]

1. AIPAC are a bunch of right wing assholes...

This is not the first time they have dissed President Obama.

[oberliner]

4. AIPAC is condemning Trump for dissing Obama

And I'm glad they are doing so.

[Human101948]

7. Big deal...they took Netanyahu's side against Obama...

They checked their gloves, all right — but less to practice bipartisanship than to pummel the Obama administration with bare knuckles. In the brawl between President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over Iran nuclear negotiations, AIPAC has joined congressional Republicans in siding wholeheartedly with the Israeli hard-liner.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/aipac-pummels-obama/2015/03/02/e05ee4c2-c10d-11e4-9ec2-b418f57a4a99_story.html

[oberliner]

8. They thought the Iran deal was not a good one so they tried to convince people of their position

That's sort of the point of a lobby group.

They agree with Obama on some things and disagree with him on others.

[Human101948]

9. And who do you think they represent?

AIPAC Chooses Bibi Over American Jews
AIPAC continues to fight the Iranian nuclear agreement even though most American Jews support it.

http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2015/08/03/aipac-chooses-sides-it-picks-bibi-over-its-own-supporters-us-jews

[BeyondGeography]

2. They got used by a user

Join the club. Dopes.

[Zen Democrat]

3. The person who exercized the best judgment regarding AIPAC was Bernie.

Everybody's pandering, including HRC, quite frankly made me quite ill.

[nolabear]

5. You can't be criticized if you don't show up. I think he should have faced them.

[riderinthestorm]

10. AIPAC wouldn't let him

He sent his speech via video just like Romney and they refused to play it.

It wasnt fawning or pandering like Hillary's or Trump's so they shut him out.

[Hugin]

6. Ditto.

Revolting spectacle.

The event of which they are trying to apologize for took it below even the meager expectations I had for it.