Republicans Attack Obama on Israel to Hide Agenda: Pelosi

U.S. House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi predicted Jewish voters will reward President Barack Obama in November’s election for his record on the Middle East, while she said Republicans “are using Israel as an excuse; what they really want are tax cuts for the wealthy.”

Republicans are trying to appeal to Jewish voters by portraying Obama as distant toward Israel, though the president’s record proves the opposite, Pelosi said in an interview with Bloomberg Television’s “Political Capital with Al Hunt” airing this weekend. The argument over Israel distracts voters from Republicans’ true agenda, she said.