Ann Coulter: Candidates Pandered to Evangelicals with Israel

Conservative author Ann Coulter sparked outrage on Twitter during Wednesday's GOP presidential debate, saying the candidates were talking too much about Israel.

Cruz, Huckabee Rubio all mentioned ISRAEL in their response to: "What will AMERICA look like after you are president."

— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) September 17, 2015

How many f---ing Jews do these people think there are in the United States?

— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) September 17, 2015

Maybe it's to suck up to the Evangelicals.

— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) September 17, 2015

It was the second tweet, mentioning Jews, that drew the most ire.

Following the debate, Coulter explained what she meant on Fox News Channel's "The Kelly File."

"All the candidates were pandering, and wrote my column about it seemed to hitting certain boxes, half mentioned Reagan and pro-life and Israel," she said. "Half the Republican Party is pro-Reagan and pro-life and pro-Israel. The question after you're president how will America be better and suddenly, we're back to Israel again."

Everyone was simply "checking off of the boxes," Coulter said rather than finding ways to separate themselves from the rest of the pack.

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