Conservatives cheer Pence when he mentions Trump’s Jerusalem move

Vice President Mike Pence earns one of his biggest applause lines at an influential conservative conference when he cites President Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.

Pence, speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference, outlines the promises that Trump has fulfilled his first year in office.

“America once again stands without apology as leader of the free world,” he says. “For decades after one president after another promised to move our embassy to the capital of our most cherished ally, on Dec. 6, President Trump made history when the United States of America recognized Jerusalem as the capital of the state of Israel.”

That got huge applause from the activists at the American Conservative Union’s annual conference, which has become a focal point of the conservative movement.

— JTA