GOP senator, at White House's request, blocks Armenian genocide resolution

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Once again, politics stands in the way of the US publicly and formally acknowledging what most of the world knows as truth..the systematic killing of 1.5 Armenians by the Ottoman empire..Turkey..

GOP senator, at White House's request, blocks Armenian genocide resolution

"A Republican lawmaker blocked a resolution recognizing the Armenian genocide from being passed by unanimous consent in the Senate on Thursday — the third time a GOP senator has done so since the House passed the legislation by a 405-to-11 vote.
The senator, Kevin Cramer of North Dakota, was acting at the direction of the White House, said the resolution's Republican co-author, Ted Cruz.
"Those objections have been raised on behalf of the administration. The administration has asked senators to raise objections," the Texas senator said, calling that position "a mistake."
The resolution "acknowledges the horrific atrocity that was the Armenian genocide, the systematic slaughter of 1.5 million Armenians that for far too long has been covered up, has been hidden, and U.S. policy has not acknowledged," Cruz said.
Cruz's Democratic co-author on the resolution, Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey, said he was "deeply disappointed" by Cramer's objection — and noted that Cramer had co-sponsored similar legislation on the genocide in the past.
Cramer said on the Senate floor that "I support the spirit of the bill" but "I don't think this is the right time" to pass it because of the Trump administration's current negotiations with Turkey over a range of topics including Syria and missile defense.
"There's never a good time," Menendez said after Cramer's objection. "In my view there's always a right time, however, to recognize genocide as genocide."
The resolution, which was passed by the House in late October, recognizes the Ottoman Empire's mass killings of an estimated 1.5 million Armenians as genocide. That's accepted as fact by the vast majority of historians, but hotly contested by the Turkish government, which maintains the death toll is inflated.
The other Republicans who've objected to the bill are Sens. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and David Perdue of Georgia. Graham launched his objection after meeting with President Donald Trump and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan in the Oval Office.

Cramer issued his objection two days after he announced the Army Corps of Engineers had awarded a $270 million contract to a North Dakota company to work on the border wall. Cramer had repeatedly lobbied Trump to award the contract to the company, Fisher Sand and Gravel."


Just a coincidence, I'm sure!
 
Once again, politics stands in the way of the US publicly and formally acknowledging what most of the world knows as truth..the systematic killing of 1.5 Armenians by the Ottoman empire..Turkey..

GOP senator, at White House's request, blocks Armenian genocide resolution

"A Republican lawmaker blocked a resolution recognizing the Armenian genocide from being passed by unanimous consent in the Senate on Thursday — the third time a GOP senator has done so since the House passed the legislation by a 405-to-11 vote.
The senator, Kevin Cramer of North Dakota, was acting at the direction of the White House, said the resolution's Republican co-author, Ted Cruz.
"Those objections have been raised on behalf of the administration. The administration has asked senators to raise objections," the Texas senator said, calling that position "a mistake."
The resolution "acknowledges the horrific atrocity that was the Armenian genocide, the systematic slaughter of 1.5 million Armenians that for far too long has been covered up, has been hidden, and U.S. policy has not acknowledged," Cruz said.
Cruz's Democratic co-author on the resolution, Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey, said he was "deeply disappointed" by Cramer's objection — and noted that Cramer had co-sponsored similar legislation on the genocide in the past.
Cramer said on the Senate floor that "I support the spirit of the bill" but "I don't think this is the right time" to pass it because of the Trump administration's current negotiations with Turkey over a range of topics including Syria and missile defense.
"There's never a good time," Menendez said after Cramer's objection. "In my view there's always a right time, however, to recognize genocide as genocide."
The resolution, which was passed by the House in late October, recognizes the Ottoman Empire's mass killings of an estimated 1.5 million Armenians as genocide. That's accepted as fact by the vast majority of historians, but hotly contested by the Turkish government, which maintains the death toll is inflated.
The other Republicans who've objected to the bill are Sens. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and David Perdue of Georgia. Graham launched his objection after meeting with President Donald Trump and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan in the Oval Office.

Cramer issued his objection two days after he announced the Army Corps of Engineers had awarded a $270 million contract to a North Dakota company to work on the border wall. Cramer had repeatedly lobbied Trump to award the contract to the company, Fisher Sand and Gravel."


Just a coincidence, I'm sure!


The Turks are pretty sensitive about this, why should we look to create discord here? Personally, I think the D's only want to stink up US-Turkey relations because they don't like Trump and want him to fail. Otherwise they would have done it during the Obama years.

While we're at it, why not pass a resolution condemning the Turks for their 1453 sacking of Constantinople too?
 
Once again, politics stands in the way of the US publicly and formally acknowledging what most of the world knows as truth..the systematic killing of 1.5 Armenians by the Ottoman empire..Turkey..

GOP senator, at White House's request, blocks Armenian genocide resolution

"A Republican lawmaker blocked a resolution recognizing the Armenian genocide from being passed by unanimous consent in the Senate on Thursday — the third time a GOP senator has done so since the House passed the legislation by a 405-to-11 vote.
The senator, Kevin Cramer of North Dakota, was acting at the direction of the White House, said the resolution's Republican co-author, Ted Cruz.
"Those objections have been raised on behalf of the administration. The administration has asked senators to raise objections," the Texas senator said, calling that position "a mistake."
The resolution "acknowledges the horrific atrocity that was the Armenian genocide, the systematic slaughter of 1.5 million Armenians that for far too long has been covered up, has been hidden, and U.S. policy has not acknowledged," Cruz said.
Cruz's Democratic co-author on the resolution, Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey, said he was "deeply disappointed" by Cramer's objection — and noted that Cramer had co-sponsored similar legislation on the genocide in the past.
Cramer said on the Senate floor that "I support the spirit of the bill" but "I don't think this is the right time" to pass it because of the Trump administration's current negotiations with Turkey over a range of topics including Syria and missile defense.
"There's never a good time," Menendez said after Cramer's objection. "In my view there's always a right time, however, to recognize genocide as genocide."
The resolution, which was passed by the House in late October, recognizes the Ottoman Empire's mass killings of an estimated 1.5 million Armenians as genocide. That's accepted as fact by the vast majority of historians, but hotly contested by the Turkish government, which maintains the death toll is inflated.
The other Republicans who've objected to the bill are Sens. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and David Perdue of Georgia. Graham launched his objection after meeting with President Donald Trump and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan in the Oval Office.

Cramer issued his objection two days after he announced the Army Corps of Engineers had awarded a $270 million contract to a North Dakota company to work on the border wall. Cramer had repeatedly lobbied Trump to award the contract to the company, Fisher Sand and Gravel."


Just a coincidence, I'm sure!


The Turks are pretty sensitive about this, why should we look to create discord here? Personally, I think the D's only want to stink up US-Turkey relations because they don't like Trump and want him to fail. Otherwise they would have done it during the Obama years.

While we're at it, why not pass a resolution condemning the Turks for their 1453 sacking of Constantinople too?
There have been numerous attempts at a resolution going back over the years--no one wants to upset the Turkish apple-cart...some of this is due to Israel refusing to recognize the genocide..i guess afraid of someone stealing the Holocaust thunder?

Israel’s Refusal to Recognize the Armenian Genocide Is Indefensible

The Armenian community of Jerusalem believes that the genocide denial is due to fear of jeopardizing diplomatic relations with Turkey.[17] Yair Auron, an Israeli historian, scholar and expert specializing on Holocaust and Genocide studies, said that Israel is concerned about hurting its current trade relations with Turkey and wants to retain the uniqueness of the Holocaust.[48]

I found it amusing..given the use of the term quid pro quo lately..to see such a blatant example..with not a whisper of complaint.

Armenian Genocide - Wikipedia
 
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Very VERY interesting! I wonder what's hidden in this "resolution"?

A few months ago Rudy said to keep an eye on Armenia and it's connection with hunter biden.
 

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