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RJC endorses Rep. August Pfluger of Texas

(JNS) — Jewish Coalition has selected its 23rd recommendation of candidates in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate this election cycle.

“Although he is only in his second term, Congressman August Pfluger has established himself as an exemplary defender of our national security and the U.S.-Israel alliance,” Norm Coleman, a former Minnesota senator and current RJC national chairman, and CEO Matt Brooks said in a statement. “Last year, when Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal [D-Wash.] smeared Israel as a ‘racist state,’ Pfluger wrote a resolution to...