Thread by @kampeas

.@GovChristie unsparing with Trump and candidates,. " We lost in Wisconsin and Michigan, because we pick the wrong candidates, no wait, Donald Trump picked the candidates" some applause #RJCinVegas

"I don't want to be part of a Republican party who stands for just one man and not all of those principles" @GovChristie "it is time to stop whispering, it is time to stop doing the knowing nods, we can't talk...let's go out and do it together"' standing applause at #rjcvegas

.@SenatorTimScott "It is time to rise yup on behalf of those citizens" referring to Jews attacked on streets of NY. Cites early ties with SCarolina Jews, including tough minded teachers. Very positive talk. No attacks on Dems. first speaker to walk with mobile mic. #RJCinVegas

ie, this is a presidential audition.

first mention of a Dem is his working with local girl made good @SenJackyRosen in legislation targeting UNHRC, "I am so grateful to have a partner like Sen. Rosen." This is a very partisan room. Does he know this? #RJCinVegas

"Will you rise with me every time you see antisemitism...discrimination..." @sentimscott gets the room to stand up and cheer. Finally gets around to Biden "who seems to be lost like a goose in a rainstorm." #RJCinVegas

"They tell me elections have consequences and thank God almighty we won the House and we fired Nancy Pelosi" @SenatorTimScott "They actually went through the process of defunding the police." "Oy!" says women in audience. "Oy!"Scott says. "I got you now!" #RJCinVegas

"Our borders are not secure....Oy!" @SenatorTimScott says, enjoying the word #RJCinVegas

short Standing ovation at @SenatorTimScott speech conclusion @RJC #RJCinVegas

I will never unsee @mbrooksrjc dancing onto the stage #RJCinVegas

.@danconston said GOP gained 25+ seats over 2 cycles by pickinbg candidates who reflected the district, lists minorities and women who won #RJCinVegas

.@mbrooksrjc; "where was the disconnect between the expectations" and the reality. @danconston cites strong top of ticket v. weak top of ticket (credits @leezeldin), and Dobbs being on the ballot #RJCinVegas

"Underwhelming tops of tickets...we hit a brick wall." names Michigan, Pennsylvania, Ohio. @danconston Mentions Lisa Scheller in Pa. (v. Susan Wild) came up short but did far better than Mastriano #RJCinVegas

.@danconston says considered doing what Dems did, promoting leftists in Dem primaries, came closest with @RepSeanMaloney but decided against, and he lost anyway #RJCInVegas

"The one person who is winning and uniting the party" is Kevin McCarthy @danconston says #RJCinVegas

Standing applause reception at @RJC for @tedcruz #RJCinVegas "Nancy Pelosi is out of a job, that's a big deal, that is cause for celebration... (but) how do we win?"

You get peace in the ME "you draw a line in the sand and you say we are absolutely and unequivocally for Isael" @tedcruz #RJCinVegas

"I went stratight to the president and made the case vigorously" to move the embassy to Jerusalem, @tedcruz says, like last year, centering himself as moving the needle. Same with leaving the Iran deal. #RJCinVegas (others also claim to be the central needlemover)

@tedcruz .@tedcruz blames Biden for Ukraine war. Blames Afghanistan withdrawal, and Biden not opposing Nordstream II. #RJCinVegas

"There's in being a happy warrior, not mean" and then says immediately (!) to work around the "corrupt corporate media" @tedcruz says, which I dunno, doesn't sound like you're very happy. #RJCinVegas

Big standing applause for the "next speaker of the US House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy!" #RJCinVegas

McCarthy starts with promise he kept "we have ended one party rule in Washington and we have fired Nancy Pelosi ... we finally have a check and balance" #RJCinVegas "I've been leader for 2 cycles, and all we've done is win." talks of the "power of subpoena"

McCarthy says Miriam Adelson gave him a couple of ties/pocket squares from Sheldon, he says he can't wait to wear when he bangs the gavel #RJCinVegas

McCarthy says @IlhanMN won't be on foreign affairs committee when he becomes speaker #rjcinvegas, extended applause

McCarthy also says he will take committees on the road to fight antisemitism on campuses (not sure how this works) #RJCinVegas

"for the first time since reconstruction we have the largest number of Black Republicans" McCarthy, also largest GOP caucus of Hispanics,ever,m and largest GOP Jewish caucus (3) in 24 years #RJCinVegas

also promises committee meetings on the border @GOPLeader #RJCinVegas

.@GOPLeader has mentioned Reagan twice, but Trump, not once (so far) #RJCinVegas

.@GOPLeader promises a "parents bill of rights" investigations into "why DOJ went after parents," covid origins, and withdrawal from afghanistan and a "few other things" he won't mention, perhaps deliberate ambiguous, plausibly deniable toss to Trumpers here? #RJCinVegas

.@netanyahu coming on in minutes #RJCinVegas

"The greatest cesspool of antisemitism is on college campuses" and "on the left"@normcoleman says, not on the right. "we have challenges on the right" he says, but blames media for the imbalance. #RJCinVegas

.@normcoleman says greeting Bibi, he can't see it but there's a "standing ovation" for him, and the crowd dutifully stands (after he says it) #RJCinVegas

Familiar @netanyahu theme: fighting for the battle of public opinion is as important as political and military victories. Life has been "devoted to" appearing on TV "and other outlets... to argue the justice of Israel's case." #RJCinVegas

Coleman "You have a very good relationship with Joe Biden...how do you deal with an issue like Iran" @netanyahu "we formed an easy relationship" decades ago"... this is disagreement within the mispokhe..there was disagreement with Republican and Dem administrations" #RJCinVegas

on 2015 speech to Congress and pissing off Dems/Obama WH @netanyahu said he'd "do everything in my power to prevent [Iran] fron getting nuclear weapons...if that meant taking a stand against a sittinbg admin then so we did it, but not haphazardly" #RJCinVegas

(Bibi has just said how effective he is on TV, where he was ever present inb 2015 ... he has never said why it had to be in Congress, without informing Dems or WH, which is what the offense was in this particular case. Dems expected Bibi to oppose Iran deal)

.@netanyahu said he got calls from gulf states during 2015 Iran speech to Congress "we can;t believe what your leader is doing, that he is facing up [to Obama] we'd like to cement ties further" ... so by dissing Obama on own turf, he empowered Arabs to normalize relations

"I was tremendously fortunate to have finally an American administration under President Trump who agreed with [Iran] policy" @netanyahu tells #RJCinVegas (That "finally" slightly emphasized, says plenty)

@netanyahu and there was applause #RJCinVegas at the line

@netanyahu By the way it was notable that @RJC leaders give @netanyahu openings to express warmth to Biden (and now Obama, whom he now praises for $38 billion aid package)...Netanyahu has gotten a little flack stateside for speaking to a partisan group.

I have no doubt if Jewish Dems were organizing an event, asked Bibi to speak, he would jump at it.

In straw applause poll (room is half full) @RuthlessPodcast asks who should get the nomination, DeSantis gets biggest applause, Trump gets some applause, and Rick Scott gets none #RJCinVegas

Podcaster @ComfortablySmug says "It is okay to vote by mail, it is okay to vote early", encourages @NRSC to plkay in GOP primaries #RJCinVegas

@ComfortablySmug @NRSC "You are here among friends" @normcoleman starts in introducing Trump, which is how a lot of horror movies begin #RJCinVegas

"we have to take back the White House in 2024," Trump tells @RJC, getting first applause line #RJCinVegas focuses on policy not grievannce, energy independence, support for Israel, immigration, manufacturing

Trump gets applause as he reviews his Israel policies, Iran deal exit, golan heights, "working with our Israeli allies we destroyed the ISIS caliphate" (???) Abraham Accords, pivots to Biden "he appointed countless anti-Israel extremists to govt positions" #RJCinVegas

"Mr President you're getting a standing ovation from the group right now," Brooks (or Coleman?) tells Trump, before people actually start standing #RJCinVegas

"The relationship with the United States is a very bad one, as you know, they don't even listen to your leaders." Trump tells #RJCinVegas Israel critics in Congress are even more powerful "than the Israeli coalition." Trump still confused as to where American Jewish loyalties lie

.@mbrooksrjc asks Trump what he thinks of @elonmusk buying Twitter like that he bought it, I always liked him...he's a character and I tend to like characters, but he's smart" but he says he has no reason to go back to Twitter "problems are incredible"

he prefers TruthSocial (duh) better "engagement"

Asked about the Abraham Accords, Trump and here it comes, "We had a very disgraceful election ... it was a sham." what this has to do with the expanding the Abraham Accords...he comes back to it. He says he wldve had 14 on Accords by now. #RJCinVegas

.@mbrooksrjc asks if @GreenblattJD @DavidM_Friedman wand Jared Kushner will be part if Trump 2024, "I think so" but whoever will be on the campaign will have the same "view" as those. "we were going to get them all signed up after the election,, but the election was rigged."

(There are murmurs at "the election was rigged.")

"Jerusalem stone, very expensive outside of Jerusalem, in Jerusalem it's not so bad" Trump says about the embassy (Jerusalem stone facades are code in Jerusalem) #RJCinVegas says pulling out of Iran deal was more important than Jerusalem. "Horror show" he says, applause.