Posted on 10/16/2019 3:29:30 PM PDT by rintintin
Minutes before a small group of key lawmakers were scheduled to discuss the sudden withdrawal of all U.S. troops from northern Syria with President Donald Trump, 129 House Republicans broke ranks and voted Wednesday to rebuke decision.
The move to cross party lines and vote with Democrats to condemn the overseas directive showed the overwhelming bipartisan opposition and frustration with Trump for wanting to remove personnel from the Middle Eastern region as Turkey takes military action against Syrian Kurdish forces. The Kurds are American allies who the U.S. has fought alongside for years in an effort to eradicate ISIS from Syria.
The final vote was 354-60, with all of the no votes coming from Republicans. Top party members voted for the measure, including Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA), Republican Conference Chairwoman Liz Cheney, GOP Policy Committee Chairman Gary Palmer (R-AL) and Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX), the top Republican on the Foreign Affairs Committee who cosponsored the legislation with the panel's Democratic chairman.
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I sure hope they aren’t from California, but I wouldn’t bet against it.
The evil demoncRats are unified to a man.
On our side, a herd of cats...
As some of you know. I don’t call them RINO’s. I call them SPRINO’s. That is - Self-serving, Power-hungry, Repulsive, Ignorant, No-good, Obstructionists. And that’s what many of the political elitist’s are today!!!!!
+ Doug Collins and Devin Nunes
My heart is broken
Was the rebuke strong?
I have friends who were wounded and killed there. I will be there in the spring, God willing.
Pray with faith.
Act with courage.
Never Surrender.
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