Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign has been forced to scrap a $50,000 per plate fundraiser scheduled to take place during his visit to Jerusalem because the date coincided with a solemn Jewish day of mourning.
Andrea Saul, a spokeswoman for the Romney campaign, pointed to a tweet by Natasha Mosgovaya, a political correspondent for the Israeli daily Ha’aretz, that stated on Thursday morning that the campaign would in fact not be holding the fundraiser. The tweet quoted a Romney official saying the campaign was “aware of the sensitivity of that date.” Saul declined to comment on whether the fundraiser had been canceled or would be rescheduled.
5 Responses
Do I get a refund?
a good man
No, just smart
This is obviously because one of those super rich donors who was supposed to attend will be fasting. I highly doubt Romney or any American politician who’s not frum would care about holding a fundraising dinner on Tisha B’av for secular Jews.
Maybe he wants our votes?