Bernie Sanders will not join the rest of the presidential candidates and address AIPAC at next week’s policy conference in Washington, D.C.
“I would very much have enjoyed speaking at the AIPAC conference. Obviously, issues impacting Israel and the Middle East are of the utmost importance to me, to our country and to the world,” Sanders’s letter to the pro-Israel organization states.
“Unfortunately, I am going to be traveling throughout the West and the campaign schedule that we have prevents me from attending.
“Since AIPAC has chosen not to permit candidates to address the conference remotely, the best that I can do is to send you a copy of the remarks that I would have given if I was able to attend.”
Hillary Clinton, Ted Cruz, John Kasich, and Donald Trump will address the conference on Monday.
