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(s)Elections See other (s)Elections Articles Title: Trump to skip Adelson’s Republican Jewish confab this weekend GOP front-runner was invited to event, hosted by billionaire GOP donor, but neither he nor Kasich are on the schedule; Cruz will speak Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks to guests during a campaign stop at the La Crosse Center on April 4, 2016 in La Crosse, Wisconsin. (Scott Olson/Getty Images/AFP)Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks to guests during a campaign stop at the La Crosse Center on April 4, 2016 in La Crosse, Wisconsin. (Scott Olson/Getty Images/AFP)NEWSROOM Email the NewsroomFacebookTwitterRELATED TOPICS US EMBASSY IN ISRAELDONALD TRUMPTED CRUZ WASHINGTON — After a rocky week on the campaign trail, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump will not attend the Republican Jewish Coalition’s Spring Retreat this coming weekend in Las Vegas. Get The Times of Israel's Daily Edition by email and never miss our top stories FREE SIGN UP! The Republican Jewish Coalition confirmed Monday that Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz will be addressing the annual event, hosted by Republican billionaire donor Sheldon Adelson, at his flagship Venetian Casino. Reports began circulating in the course of Monday that Trump, the current GOP frontrunner, would not attend. Trump participated in the organization’s candidates’ forum in December, where he was booed by the audience for refusing to commit to moving the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Cruz has repeatedly expressed his commitment to move the embassy. Competing neck-to-neck with Cruz in key primary states, Trump walked back his earlier ambiguity on the subject on the main stage of March’s AIPAC Policy Conference last month, where he proclaimed Jerusalem to be “the eternal capital of the Jewish people.” File: Sheldon Adelson at the Republican Jewish Coalition spring leadership meeting at The Venetian Las Vegas on March 29, 2014 (Photo credit: Ethan Miller/Getty Images/AFP) File: Sheldon Adelson at the Republican Jewish Coalition spring leadership meeting at The Venetian Las Vegas on March 29, 2014 (Photo credit: Ethan Miller/Getty Images/AFP) Prior to his AIPAC address, Trump also irked some prominent Jewish Republicans when he said that he would be a “neutral” party in brokering a peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians. At the previous Republican Jewish Coalition event, Trump also invoked a series of offensive Jewish stereotypes about money and power. Republican presidential candidate US Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) speaks during the Republican Jewish Coalition spring leadership meeting at The Venetian Las Vegas on April 25, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images/AFP) Republican presidential candidate US Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) speaks during the Republican Jewish Coalition spring leadership meeting at The Venetian Las Vegas on April 25, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images/AFP) “You’re not gonna support me even though you know I’m the best thing that could ever happen to Israel. And I’ll be that. And I know why you’re not going to support me. You’re not going to support me because I don’t want your money. Isn’t it crazy?” he said at the time. According to AP, he added: “You want to control your own politician.” According to Republican Jewish Coalition schedules, neither Trump nor fellow contender Ohio Governor John Kasich will address the gathering. Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, a former presidential candidate who has supported Cruz in the fierce primary campaigning in his state, will attend. Republican presidential candidate, Ohio Gov. John Kasich addresses the annual policy conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) March 21, 2016 in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images/AFP) Republican presidential candidate, Ohio Gov. John Kasich addresses the annual policy conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) March 21, 2016 in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images/AFP) The Republican Jewish Coalition confirmed Monday that Trump was invited to the event, but Trump’s campaign had not commented by Monday evening on why the candidate would not be not attending. Adelson, who is a board member and major funder of the Republican Jewish Coalition, was believed in recent weeks to have warmed up to Trump’s candidacy. His Hebrew-language newspaper, Yisrael Hayom, recently featured the mogul prominently in a front-page interview. Last year’s RJC Spring Leadership Retreat was an early candidates’ forum, where contenders tried to curry favor with Adelson. While Adelson was an early supporter of former House speaker Newt Gingrich in the 2012 elections, he has yet to declare open support for any candidate in the current election. Cruz and Florida Senator Marco Rubio were said to be in the running for his support before Rubio’s departure from the race last month, following the Florida primaries. Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest
#1. To: Ada (#0)
Amen. “The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.” ~ H. L. Mencken
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