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Trump campaign official says JD Vance won’t attend Netanyahu’s speech to Congress
US Senator JD Vance of Ohio accepts the vice presidential nomination during the third day of the 2024 Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, on July 17, 2024. (Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP)
US Senator JD Vance of Ohio, who is Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s running mate, will not attend Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to a joint session of Congress on Thursday, a Trump campaign adviser tells the Kan public broadcaster.
Jason Miller is quoted stressing Vance’s backing for Israel while explaining he won’t be at the speech due to commitments relating to the campaign. An unnamed Republican source also insists that his absence is no slight.
“This is not a signal or message. JD is a true friend of Israel,” the source says.
