The worms are turning: Lawmakers denounce Trump's backing of Saudis, despite Khashoggi killing

[JGalt]

Who gives a shit.

Putin gave the USA Donald Trump. Putin gives a shit.

Great. The special Ed kids have computer access again

They tried to teach them, but all the kids could do was chew on the keyboards.

 

[JGalt]

Lawmakers, even GOP lawmakers are sickened by Trump's alliance and defense of a man that the CIA has denounced as a murderer.

Donald Trump has no morals or ethics, but lawmakers are resiling from traveling down the dark hole with Donald Trump.

Let us hope that Satan's slave, Jared Kushner, is pushed out of the White House by the movement against Trump and the Saudis.

American's are embarrassed by Trump's association and defense of a murderer.

Lawmakers denounce Trump's backing of Saudis, despite Khashoggi killing

So what the hell do you want the President to do? Go full-retard on the Saudis and launch a few Cruise missiles in their general direction? You leftards would like that, wouldn't you?

Then you'd get to de-stabilze a valuable ally in the war on terror, get your $5 per gallon of gasoline, and ruin the American economy in one fell swoop, right? Then you would finally have some proof that Orange Man is bad, right?

Idiots. I'm so glad that you morons aren't running this country any more. Thank God your girl lost the election.

Damn right...gas here is $2.49 a gallon and slowly dropping. America first was the best answer he could give.

Trump's interest is Donald Trump first. The rest is false dogma to fire up the Deplorables and Trumpland trailer-town.

Stop with the idiotic bumper-sticker slogans already. Trump's interest is America, pure and simple.

If you don't want to be a part of it, then just leave.

Yep. Ayn Rand fan based on handle. Subtle. Personally, I found Atlas Shrugged to be a tedious work of art to get through. Felt like it was written from the perspective of a 7th grader. The Fountainhead was infinitely better, IMO.

Don't know, having never read the book. Personally, I think that reading tedious books is for faggots.

But I do know the very mention of "Galt" causes anal-obsessed liberals to foam at the mouth and chew their toes off, so it's all roses and sunshine in my world.

 

[Denizen]

Lawmakers, even GOP lawmakers are sickened by Trump's alliance and defense of a man that the CIA has denounced as a murderer.

Donald Trump has no morals or ethics, but lawmakers are resiling from traveling down the dark hole with Donald Trump.

Let us hope that Satan's slave, Jared Kushner, is pushed out of the White House by the movement against Trump and the Saudis.

American's are embarrassed by Trump's association and defense of a murderer.

Lawmakers denounce Trump's backing of Saudis, despite Khashoggi killing

Lawmakers denounce Trump's backing of Saudis, despite Khashoggi killing

The White House's pledge to maintain its strong military and economic alliance with Saudi Arabia amid reports that U.S. intelligence has assessed that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the gruesome murder of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi, has ignited a flurry of bipartisan condemnation in Washington.
After President Trump issued a remarkable statement on Tuesday in which he acknowledged that the heir apparent to the Saudi throne may have known about the "tragic event," but that his administration nevertheless "intended to remain a steadfast partner of Saudi Arabia," several Republican and Democratic members of Congress denounced the White House's position.
"I'm pretty sure this statement is Saudi Arabia First, not America First," Republican Sen. Rand Paul, an ally of the president but ardent critic of America's relationship with the Saudis, wrote on Twitter.
The lawmaker from Kentucky accused National Security Adviser and foreign policy hawk John Bolton of writing the statement and criticized American assistance to the Saudi-led coalition waging a bloody war against the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen.
"We should, at the very least, NOT reward Saudi Arabia with our sophisticated armaments that they in turn use to bomb civilians," Paul added.
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., who has largely embraced the administration's doctrine across the world, wrote on Twitter that "our foreign policy must be about promoting our national interests." The junior senator from Florida stressed that defending human rights is vital to America's national security because human rights violations fuel "mass migration," foster extremism and benefit governments hostile to the U.S.
In a statement, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said the U.S. can't overlook Khashoggi's high-profile killing and alleged dismemberment, and suggested that there was bipartisan support among lawmakers to sanction individuals involved in the assassination, including members of the royal family.
"While Saudi Arabia is a strategic ally, the behavior of the Crown Prince – in multiple ways – has shown disrespect for the relationship and made him, in my view, beyond toxic," Graham added.
Constant Trump critics Sen. Jeff Flake and Sen. Bob Corker also condemned the statement. The retiring senator from Arizona said "great allies" don't lure their own citizens into a trap, and then have them killed.
"I never thought I'd see the day a White House would moonlight as a public relations firm for the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia," Corker, who is also retiring, wrote on Twitter.
In his statement, President Trump touted Saudi Arabia's important role in America's national security apparatus and the billions of dollars he said the U.S has received in arms transactions with the royal family. He said U.S. intelligence agencies are still probing Khashoggi's murder. "Maybe he did and maybe he didn't!" President Trump said in a statement, referring to the possibility that the Saudi Crown Prince ordered the journalist's brutal killing.
Meanwhile, Democrats — who will have control of important House committees that could potentially investigate Khashoggi's assassination and the U.S.-Saudi alliance — were more scathing in their criticism and directly referenced the president.
"The President's failure to hold Saudi Arabia responsible in any meaningful way for the death of Jamal Khashoggi is just one more example of this White House's retreat from American leadership on issues like human rights and protecting the free press," the vice chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., said in a statement.
Although he said the government should always consider the U.S.' close cooperation with the oil-rich kingdom, Congressman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., accused President Trump of damaging America's "standing as a champion of human rights."
"To suggest 'maybe he did and maybe he didn't' or that we are incapable of finding out the truth, or that knowing the truth our silence can be bought with arms sales, undermines respect for the Office of the Presidency," Schiff said.
After labeling President Trump's response a "betrayal of long-established American values of respect for human rights," Fred Ryan, the publisher and CEO of the Washington Post, the newspaper for which Khashoggi penned opinion pieces, called on the administration to make the intelligence evidence on the murder public and urged Congress to act in the wake of "failure of leadership" from the White House.
"President Trump is correct in saying the world is a very dangerous place," Ryan said in a statement. "His surrender to this state-ordered murder will only make it more so. An innocent man, brutally slain, deserves better, as does the cause of truth and justice and human rights."

So what the hell do you want the President to do? Go full-retard on the Saudis and launch a few Cruise missiles in their general direction? You leftards would like that, wouldn't you?

Then you'd get to de-stabilze a valuable ally in the war on terror, get your $5 per gallon of gasoline, and ruin the American economy in one fell swoop, right? Then you would finally have some proof that Orange Man is bad, right?

Idiots. I'm so glad that you morons aren't running this country any more. Thank God your girl lost the election.

Damn right...gas here is $2.49 a gallon and slowly dropping. America first was the best answer he could give.

Trump's interest is Donald Trump first. The rest is false dogma to fire up the Deplorables and Trumpland trailer-town.

Stop with the idiotic bumper-sticker slogans already. Trump's interest is America, pure and simple.

If you don't want to be a part of it, then just leave.

Donald Trump was elected by a minority of one, Vladimir Putin.

 

[JGalt]

Lawmakers, even GOP lawmakers are sickened by Trump's alliance and defense of a man that the CIA has denounced as a murderer.

Donald Trump has no morals or ethics, but lawmakers are resiling from traveling down the dark hole with Donald Trump.

Let us hope that Satan's slave, Jared Kushner, is pushed out of the White House by the movement against Trump and the Saudis.

American's are embarrassed by Trump's association and defense of a murderer.

Lawmakers denounce Trump's backing of Saudis, despite Khashoggi killing

So what the hell do you want the President to do? Go full-retard on the Saudis and launch a few Cruise missiles in their general direction? You leftards would like that, wouldn't you?

Then you'd get to de-stabilze a valuable ally in the war on terror, get your $5 per gallon of gasoline, and ruin the American economy in one fell swoop, right? Then you would finally have some proof that Orange Man is bad, right?

Idiots. I'm so glad that you morons aren't running this country any more. Thank God your girl lost the election.

Damn right...gas here is $2.49 a gallon and slowly dropping. America first was the best answer he could give.

Trump's interest is Donald Trump first. The rest is false dogma to fire up the Deplorables and Trumpland trailer-town.

Stop with the idiotic bumper-sticker slogans already. Trump's interest is America, pure and simple.

If you don't want to be a part of it, then just leave.

Donald Trump was elected by a minority of one, Vladimir Putin.

Too many words to neatly fit on a bumper sticker, don't quit your day job.

 

[Denizen]

So what the hell do you want the President to do? Go full-retard on the Saudis and launch a few Cruise missiles in their general direction? You leftards would like that, wouldn't you?

Then you'd get to de-stabilze a valuable ally in the war on terror, get your $5 per gallon of gasoline, and ruin the American economy in one fell swoop, right? Then you would finally have some proof that Orange Man is bad, right?

Idiots. I'm so glad that you morons aren't running this country any more. Thank God your girl lost the election.

Damn right...gas here is $2.49 a gallon and slowly dropping. America first was the best answer he could give.

Trump's interest is Donald Trump first. The rest is false dogma to fire up the Deplorables and Trumpland trailer-town.

Stop with the idiotic bumper-sticker slogans already. Trump's interest is America, pure and simple.

If you don't want to be a part of it, then just leave.

Yep. Ayn Rand fan based on handle. Subtle. Personally, I found Atlas Shrugged to be a tedious work of art to get through. Felt like it was written from the perspective of a 7th grader. The Fountainhead was infinitely better, IMO.

Don't know, having never read the book. Personally, I think that reading tedious books is for faggots.

But I do know the very mention of "Galt" causes anal-obsessed liberals to foam at the mouth and chew their toes off, so it's all roses and sunshine in my world.

Trumpland is like that. Donald Trump drops his trousers and his faithful bask in the light.

 

[The VOR]

Lawmakers, even GOP lawmakers are sickened by Trump's alliance and defense of a man that the CIA has denounced as a murderer.

Donald Trump has no morals or ethics, but lawmakers are resiling from traveling down the dark hole with Donald Trump.

Let us hope that Satan's slave, Jared Kushner, is pushed out of the White House by the movement against Trump and the Saudis.

American's are embarrassed by Trump's association and defense of a murderer.

Lawmakers denounce Trump's backing of Saudis, despite Khashoggi killing

Lawmakers denounce Trump's backing of Saudis, despite Khashoggi killing

The White House's pledge to maintain its strong military and economic alliance with Saudi Arabia amid reports that U.S. intelligence has assessed that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the gruesome murder of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi, has ignited a flurry of bipartisan condemnation in Washington.
After President Trump issued a remarkable statement on Tuesday in which he acknowledged that the heir apparent to the Saudi throne may have known about the "tragic event," but that his administration nevertheless "intended to remain a steadfast partner of Saudi Arabia," several Republican and Democratic members of Congress denounced the White House's position.
"I'm pretty sure this statement is Saudi Arabia First, not America First," Republican Sen. Rand Paul, an ally of the president but ardent critic of America's relationship with the Saudis, wrote on Twitter.
The lawmaker from Kentucky accused National Security Adviser and foreign policy hawk John Bolton of writing the statement and criticized American assistance to the Saudi-led coalition waging a bloody war against the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen.
"We should, at the very least, NOT reward Saudi Arabia with our sophisticated armaments that they in turn use to bomb civilians," Paul added.
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., who has largely embraced the administration's doctrine across the world, wrote on Twitter that "our foreign policy must be about promoting our national interests." The junior senator from Florida stressed that defending human rights is vital to America's national security because human rights violations fuel "mass migration," foster extremism and benefit governments hostile to the U.S.
In a statement, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said the U.S. can't overlook Khashoggi's high-profile killing and alleged dismemberment, and suggested that there was bipartisan support among lawmakers to sanction individuals involved in the assassination, including members of the royal family.
"While Saudi Arabia is a strategic ally, the behavior of the Crown Prince – in multiple ways – has shown disrespect for the relationship and made him, in my view, beyond toxic," Graham added.
Constant Trump critics Sen. Jeff Flake and Sen. Bob Corker also condemned the statement. The retiring senator from Arizona said "great allies" don't lure their own citizens into a trap, and then have them killed.
"I never thought I'd see the day a White House would moonlight as a public relations firm for the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia," Corker, who is also retiring, wrote on Twitter.
In his statement, President Trump touted Saudi Arabia's important role in America's national security apparatus and the billions of dollars he said the U.S has received in arms transactions with the royal family. He said U.S. intelligence agencies are still probing Khashoggi's murder. "Maybe he did and maybe he didn't!" President Trump said in a statement, referring to the possibility that the Saudi Crown Prince ordered the journalist's brutal killing.
Meanwhile, Democrats — who will have control of important House committees that could potentially investigate Khashoggi's assassination and the U.S.-Saudi alliance — were more scathing in their criticism and directly referenced the president.
"The President's failure to hold Saudi Arabia responsible in any meaningful way for the death of Jamal Khashoggi is just one more example of this White House's retreat from American leadership on issues like human rights and protecting the free press," the vice chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., said in a statement.
Although he said the government should always consider the U.S.' close cooperation with the oil-rich kingdom, Congressman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., accused President Trump of damaging America's "standing as a champion of human rights."
"To suggest 'maybe he did and maybe he didn't' or that we are incapable of finding out the truth, or that knowing the truth our silence can be bought with arms sales, undermines respect for the Office of the Presidency," Schiff said.
After labeling President Trump's response a "betrayal of long-established American values of respect for human rights," Fred Ryan, the publisher and CEO of the Washington Post, the newspaper for which Khashoggi penned opinion pieces, called on the administration to make the intelligence evidence on the murder public and urged Congress to act in the wake of "failure of leadership" from the White House.
"President Trump is correct in saying the world is a very dangerous place," Ryan said in a statement. "His surrender to this state-ordered murder will only make it more so. An innocent man, brutally slain, deserves better, as does the cause of truth and justice and human rights."

He's not gonna let a silly little thing like the murder a Washington Post reporter get in the way of his family business with the Saudis.

 

[Denizen]

So what the hell do you want the President to do? Go full-retard on the Saudis and launch a few Cruise missiles in their general direction? You leftards would like that, wouldn't you?

Then you'd get to de-stabilze a valuable ally in the war on terror, get your $5 per gallon of gasoline, and ruin the American economy in one fell swoop, right? Then you would finally have some proof that Orange Man is bad, right?

Idiots. I'm so glad that you morons aren't running this country any more. Thank God your girl lost the election.

Damn right...gas here is $2.49 a gallon and slowly dropping. America first was the best answer he could give.

Trump's interest is Donald Trump first. The rest is false dogma to fire up the Deplorables and Trumpland trailer-town.

Stop with the idiotic bumper-sticker slogans already. Trump's interest is America, pure and simple.

If you don't want to be a part of it, then just leave.

Donald Trump was elected by a minority of one, Vladimir Putin.

Too many words to neatly fit on a bumper sticker, don't quit your day job.

You could have them tattooed on your butt leaving lots of space for extremist right-wing hate advertising.

 

[The VOR]

The Dems have Schitt for brains; Adam Schitt for brains...

Grow up, you sound just like your idiotic messiah.

 

[JGalt]

Damn right...gas here is $2.49 a gallon and slowly dropping. America first was the best answer he could give.

Trump's interest is Donald Trump first. The rest is false dogma to fire up the Deplorables and Trumpland trailer-town.

Stop with the idiotic bumper-sticker slogans already. Trump's interest is America, pure and simple.

If you don't want to be a part of it, then just leave.

Yep. Ayn Rand fan based on handle. Subtle. Personally, I found Atlas Shrugged to be a tedious work of art to get through. Felt like it was written from the perspective of a 7th grader. The Fountainhead was infinitely better, IMO.

Don't know, having never read the book. Personally, I think that reading tedious books is for faggots.

But I do know the very mention of "Galt" causes anal-obsessed liberals to foam at the mouth and chew their toes off, so it's all roses and sunshine in my world.

Trumpland is like that. Donald Trump drops his trousers and his faithful bask in the light.

Seem that we're not the ones who are on the receiving end of his Magnificent Orange Shaft.

How's it feel? Only six more years to go.

 

[Tumblin Tumbleweed]

So what the hell do you want the President to do? Go full-retard on the Saudis and launch a few Cruise missiles in their general direction? You leftards would like that, wouldn't you?

Then you'd get to de-stabilze a valuable ally in the war on terror, get your $5 per gallon of gasoline, and ruin the American economy in one fell swoop, right? Then you would finally have some proof that Orange Man is bad, right?

Idiots. I'm so glad that you morons aren't running this country any more. Thank God your girl lost the election.

Damn right...gas here is $2.49 a gallon and slowly dropping. America first was the best answer he could give.

Trump's interest is Donald Trump first. The rest is false dogma to fire up the Deplorables and Trumpland trailer-town.

Stop with the idiotic bumper-sticker slogans already. Trump's interest is America, pure and simple.

If you don't want to be a part of it, then just leave.

Yep. Ayn Rand fan based on handle. Subtle. Personally, I found Atlas Shrugged to be a tedious work of art to get through. Felt like it was written from the perspective of a 7th grader. The Fountainhead was infinitely better, IMO.

Don't know, having never read the book. Personally, I think that reading tedious books is for faggots.

But I do know the very mention of "Galt" causes anal-obsessed liberals to foam at the mouth and chew their toes off, so it's all roses and sunshine in my world.

Ah. I get it. Just trollin', I suppose? Book learnin' can be difficult.

 

[Sunni Man]

Putin gave the USA Donald Trump. Putin gives a shit.

^^^^^^

 

[Tumblin Tumbleweed]

Trump's interest is Donald Trump first. The rest is false dogma to fire up the Deplorables and Trumpland trailer-town.

Stop with the idiotic bumper-sticker slogans already. Trump's interest is America, pure and simple.

If you don't want to be a part of it, then just leave.

Yep. Ayn Rand fan based on handle. Subtle. Personally, I found Atlas Shrugged to be a tedious work of art to get through. Felt like it was written from the perspective of a 7th grader. The Fountainhead was infinitely better, IMO.

Don't know, having never read the book. Personally, I think that reading tedious books is for faggots.

But I do know the very mention of "Galt" causes anal-obsessed liberals to foam at the mouth and chew their toes off, so it's all roses and sunshine in my world.

Trumpland is like that. Donald Trump drops his trousers and his faithful bask in the light.

Seem that we're not the ones who are on the receiving end of his Magnificent Orange Shaft.

How's it feel? Only six more years to go.

Couldn't tell ya, winger. Life is good. Anything else you'd like to share with the audience?

 

[LordBrownTrout]

Lawmakers, even GOP lawmakers are sickened by Trump's alliance and defense of a man that the CIA has denounced as a murderer.

Donald Trump has no morals or ethics, but lawmakers are resiling from traveling down the dark hole with Donald Trump.

Let us hope that Satan's slave, Jared Kushner, is pushed out of the White House by the movement against Trump and the Saudis.

American's are embarrassed by Trump's association and defense of a murderer.

Lawmakers denounce Trump's backing of Saudis, despite Khashoggi killing

Lawmakers denounce Trump's backing of Saudis, despite Khashoggi killing

The White House's pledge to maintain its strong military and economic alliance with Saudi Arabia amid reports that U.S. intelligence has assessed that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the gruesome murder of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi, has ignited a flurry of bipartisan condemnation in Washington.
After President Trump issued a remarkable statement on Tuesday in which he acknowledged that the heir apparent to the Saudi throne may have known about the "tragic event," but that his administration nevertheless "intended to remain a steadfast partner of Saudi Arabia," several Republican and Democratic members of Congress denounced the White House's position.
"I'm pretty sure this statement is Saudi Arabia First, not America First," Republican Sen. Rand Paul, an ally of the president but ardent critic of America's relationship with the Saudis, wrote on Twitter.
The lawmaker from Kentucky accused National Security Adviser and foreign policy hawk John Bolton of writing the statement and criticized American assistance to the Saudi-led coalition waging a bloody war against the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen.
"We should, at the very least, NOT reward Saudi Arabia with our sophisticated armaments that they in turn use to bomb civilians," Paul added.
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., who has largely embraced the administration's doctrine across the world, wrote on Twitter that "our foreign policy must be about promoting our national interests." The junior senator from Florida stressed that defending human rights is vital to America's national security because human rights violations fuel "mass migration," foster extremism and benefit governments hostile to the U.S.
In a statement, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said the U.S. can't overlook Khashoggi's high-profile killing and alleged dismemberment, and suggested that there was bipartisan support among lawmakers to sanction individuals involved in the assassination, including members of the royal family.
"While Saudi Arabia is a strategic ally, the behavior of the Crown Prince – in multiple ways – has shown disrespect for the relationship and made him, in my view, beyond toxic," Graham added.
Constant Trump critics Sen. Jeff Flake and Sen. Bob Corker also condemned the statement. The retiring senator from Arizona said "great allies" don't lure their own citizens into a trap, and then have them killed.
"I never thought I'd see the day a White House would moonlight as a public relations firm for the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia," Corker, who is also retiring, wrote on Twitter.
In his statement, President Trump touted Saudi Arabia's important role in America's national security apparatus and the billions of dollars he said the U.S has received in arms transactions with the royal family. He said U.S. intelligence agencies are still probing Khashoggi's murder. "Maybe he did and maybe he didn't!" President Trump said in a statement, referring to the possibility that the Saudi Crown Prince ordered the journalist's brutal killing.
Meanwhile, Democrats — who will have control of important House committees that could potentially investigate Khashoggi's assassination and the U.S.-Saudi alliance — were more scathing in their criticism and directly referenced the president.
"The President's failure to hold Saudi Arabia responsible in any meaningful way for the death of Jamal Khashoggi is just one more example of this White House's retreat from American leadership on issues like human rights and protecting the free press," the vice chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., said in a statement.
Although he said the government should always consider the U.S.' close cooperation with the oil-rich kingdom, Congressman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., accused President Trump of damaging America's "standing as a champion of human rights."
"To suggest 'maybe he did and maybe he didn't' or that we are incapable of finding out the truth, or that knowing the truth our silence can be bought with arms sales, undermines respect for the Office of the Presidency," Schiff said.
After labeling President Trump's response a "betrayal of long-established American values of respect for human rights," Fred Ryan, the publisher and CEO of the Washington Post, the newspaper for which Khashoggi penned opinion pieces, called on the administration to make the intelligence evidence on the murder public and urged Congress to act in the wake of "failure of leadership" from the White House.
"President Trump is correct in saying the world is a very dangerous place," Ryan said in a statement. "His surrender to this state-ordered murder will only make it more so. An innocent man, brutally slain, deserves better, as does the cause of truth and justice and human rights."

No one cares. Lol. O supported tons of third world murderers and somehow we're supposed to give a crap now? Yeah, whatever.

 

[Tumblin Tumbleweed]

Lawmakers, even GOP lawmakers are sickened by Trump's alliance and defense of a man that the CIA has denounced as a murderer.

Donald Trump has no morals or ethics, but lawmakers are resiling from traveling down the dark hole with Donald Trump.

Let us hope that Satan's slave, Jared Kushner, is pushed out of the White House by the movement against Trump and the Saudis.

American's are embarrassed by Trump's association and defense of a murderer.

Lawmakers denounce Trump's backing of Saudis, despite Khashoggi killing

Lawmakers denounce Trump's backing of Saudis, despite Khashoggi killing

The White House's pledge to maintain its strong military and economic alliance with Saudi Arabia amid reports that U.S. intelligence has assessed that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the gruesome murder of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi, has ignited a flurry of bipartisan condemnation in Washington.
After President Trump issued a remarkable statement on Tuesday in which he acknowledged that the heir apparent to the Saudi throne may have known about the "tragic event," but that his administration nevertheless "intended to remain a steadfast partner of Saudi Arabia," several Republican and Democratic members of Congress denounced the White House's position.
"I'm pretty sure this statement is Saudi Arabia First, not America First," Republican Sen. Rand Paul, an ally of the president but ardent critic of America's relationship with the Saudis, wrote on Twitter.
The lawmaker from Kentucky accused National Security Adviser and foreign policy hawk John Bolton of writing the statement and criticized American assistance to the Saudi-led coalition waging a bloody war against the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen.
"We should, at the very least, NOT reward Saudi Arabia with our sophisticated armaments that they in turn use to bomb civilians," Paul added.
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., who has largely embraced the administration's doctrine across the world, wrote on Twitter that "our foreign policy must be about promoting our national interests." The junior senator from Florida stressed that defending human rights is vital to America's national security because human rights violations fuel "mass migration," foster extremism and benefit governments hostile to the U.S.
In a statement, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said the U.S. can't overlook Khashoggi's high-profile killing and alleged dismemberment, and suggested that there was bipartisan support among lawmakers to sanction individuals involved in the assassination, including members of the royal family.
"While Saudi Arabia is a strategic ally, the behavior of the Crown Prince – in multiple ways – has shown disrespect for the relationship and made him, in my view, beyond toxic," Graham added.
Constant Trump critics Sen. Jeff Flake and Sen. Bob Corker also condemned the statement. The retiring senator from Arizona said "great allies" don't lure their own citizens into a trap, and then have them killed.
"I never thought I'd see the day a White House would moonlight as a public relations firm for the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia," Corker, who is also retiring, wrote on Twitter.
In his statement, President Trump touted Saudi Arabia's important role in America's national security apparatus and the billions of dollars he said the U.S has received in arms transactions with the royal family. He said U.S. intelligence agencies are still probing Khashoggi's murder. "Maybe he did and maybe he didn't!" President Trump said in a statement, referring to the possibility that the Saudi Crown Prince ordered the journalist's brutal killing.
Meanwhile, Democrats — who will have control of important House committees that could potentially investigate Khashoggi's assassination and the U.S.-Saudi alliance — were more scathing in their criticism and directly referenced the president.
"The President's failure to hold Saudi Arabia responsible in any meaningful way for the death of Jamal Khashoggi is just one more example of this White House's retreat from American leadership on issues like human rights and protecting the free press," the vice chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., said in a statement.
Although he said the government should always consider the U.S.' close cooperation with the oil-rich kingdom, Congressman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., accused President Trump of damaging America's "standing as a champion of human rights."
"To suggest 'maybe he did and maybe he didn't' or that we are incapable of finding out the truth, or that knowing the truth our silence can be bought with arms sales, undermines respect for the Office of the Presidency," Schiff said.
After labeling President Trump's response a "betrayal of long-established American values of respect for human rights," Fred Ryan, the publisher and CEO of the Washington Post, the newspaper for which Khashoggi penned opinion pieces, called on the administration to make the intelligence evidence on the murder public and urged Congress to act in the wake of "failure of leadership" from the White House.
"President Trump is correct in saying the world is a very dangerous place," Ryan said in a statement. "His surrender to this state-ordered murder will only make it more so. An innocent man, brutally slain, deserves better, as does the cause of truth and justice and human rights."

No one cares. Lol. O supported tons of third world murderers and somehow we're supposed to give a crap now? Yeah, whatever.

'Cept you, snowflake. Your whataboutism gives you up every time, sorry about that.

 

[JGalt]

Lawmakers, even GOP lawmakers are sickened by Trump's alliance and defense of a man that the CIA has denounced as a murderer.

Donald Trump has no morals or ethics, but lawmakers are resiling from traveling down the dark hole with Donald Trump.

Let us hope that Satan's slave, Jared Kushner, is pushed out of the White House by the movement against Trump and the Saudis.

American's are embarrassed by Trump's association and defense of a murderer.

Lawmakers denounce Trump's backing of Saudis, despite Khashoggi killing

Lawmakers denounce Trump's backing of Saudis, despite Khashoggi killing

The White House's pledge to maintain its strong military and economic alliance with Saudi Arabia amid reports that U.S. intelligence has assessed that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the gruesome murder of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi, has ignited a flurry of bipartisan condemnation in Washington.
After President Trump issued a remarkable statement on Tuesday in which he acknowledged that the heir apparent to the Saudi throne may have known about the "tragic event," but that his administration nevertheless "intended to remain a steadfast partner of Saudi Arabia," several Republican and Democratic members of Congress denounced the White House's position.
"I'm pretty sure this statement is Saudi Arabia First, not America First," Republican Sen. Rand Paul, an ally of the president but ardent critic of America's relationship with the Saudis, wrote on Twitter.
The lawmaker from Kentucky accused National Security Adviser and foreign policy hawk John Bolton of writing the statement and criticized American assistance to the Saudi-led coalition waging a bloody war against the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen.
"We should, at the very least, NOT reward Saudi Arabia with our sophisticated armaments that they in turn use to bomb civilians," Paul added.
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., who has largely embraced the administration's doctrine across the world, wrote on Twitter that "our foreign policy must be about promoting our national interests." The junior senator from Florida stressed that defending human rights is vital to America's national security because human rights violations fuel "mass migration," foster extremism and benefit governments hostile to the U.S.
In a statement, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said the U.S. can't overlook Khashoggi's high-profile killing and alleged dismemberment, and suggested that there was bipartisan support among lawmakers to sanction individuals involved in the assassination, including members of the royal family.
"While Saudi Arabia is a strategic ally, the behavior of the Crown Prince – in multiple ways – has shown disrespect for the relationship and made him, in my view, beyond toxic," Graham added.
Constant Trump critics Sen. Jeff Flake and Sen. Bob Corker also condemned the statement. The retiring senator from Arizona said "great allies" don't lure their own citizens into a trap, and then have them killed.
"I never thought I'd see the day a White House would moonlight as a public relations firm for the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia," Corker, who is also retiring, wrote on Twitter.
In his statement, President Trump touted Saudi Arabia's important role in America's national security apparatus and the billions of dollars he said the U.S has received in arms transactions with the royal family. He said U.S. intelligence agencies are still probing Khashoggi's murder. "Maybe he did and maybe he didn't!" President Trump said in a statement, referring to the possibility that the Saudi Crown Prince ordered the journalist's brutal killing.
Meanwhile, Democrats — who will have control of important House committees that could potentially investigate Khashoggi's assassination and the U.S.-Saudi alliance — were more scathing in their criticism and directly referenced the president.
"The President's failure to hold Saudi Arabia responsible in any meaningful way for the death of Jamal Khashoggi is just one more example of this White House's retreat from American leadership on issues like human rights and protecting the free press," the vice chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., said in a statement.
Although he said the government should always consider the U.S.' close cooperation with the oil-rich kingdom, Congressman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., accused President Trump of damaging America's "standing as a champion of human rights."
"To suggest 'maybe he did and maybe he didn't' or that we are incapable of finding out the truth, or that knowing the truth our silence can be bought with arms sales, undermines respect for the Office of the Presidency," Schiff said.
After labeling President Trump's response a "betrayal of long-established American values of respect for human rights," Fred Ryan, the publisher and CEO of the Washington Post, the newspaper for which Khashoggi penned opinion pieces, called on the administration to make the intelligence evidence on the murder public and urged Congress to act in the wake of "failure of leadership" from the White House.
"President Trump is correct in saying the world is a very dangerous place," Ryan said in a statement. "His surrender to this state-ordered murder will only make it more so. An innocent man, brutally slain, deserves better, as does the cause of truth and justice and human rights."

No one cares. Lol. O supported tons of third world murderers and somehow we're supposed to give a crap now? Yeah, whatever.

'Cept you, snowflake. Your whataboutism gives you up every time, sorry about that.

 

[Tumblin Tumbleweed]

Lawmakers, even GOP lawmakers are sickened by Trump's alliance and defense of a man that the CIA has denounced as a murderer.

Donald Trump has no morals or ethics, but lawmakers are resiling from traveling down the dark hole with Donald Trump.

Let us hope that Satan's slave, Jared Kushner, is pushed out of the White House by the movement against Trump and the Saudis.

American's are embarrassed by Trump's association and defense of a murderer.

Lawmakers denounce Trump's backing of Saudis, despite Khashoggi killing

Lawmakers denounce Trump's backing of Saudis, despite Khashoggi killing

The White House's pledge to maintain its strong military and economic alliance with Saudi Arabia amid reports that U.S. intelligence has assessed that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the gruesome murder of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi, has ignited a flurry of bipartisan condemnation in Washington.
After President Trump issued a remarkable statement on Tuesday in which he acknowledged that the heir apparent to the Saudi throne may have known about the "tragic event," but that his administration nevertheless "intended to remain a steadfast partner of Saudi Arabia," several Republican and Democratic members of Congress denounced the White House's position.
"I'm pretty sure this statement is Saudi Arabia First, not America First," Republican Sen. Rand Paul, an ally of the president but ardent critic of America's relationship with the Saudis, wrote on Twitter.
The lawmaker from Kentucky accused National Security Adviser and foreign policy hawk John Bolton of writing the statement and criticized American assistance to the Saudi-led coalition waging a bloody war against the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen.
"We should, at the very least, NOT reward Saudi Arabia with our sophisticated armaments that they in turn use to bomb civilians," Paul added.
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., who has largely embraced the administration's doctrine across the world, wrote on Twitter that "our foreign policy must be about promoting our national interests." The junior senator from Florida stressed that defending human rights is vital to America's national security because human rights violations fuel "mass migration," foster extremism and benefit governments hostile to the U.S.
In a statement, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said the U.S. can't overlook Khashoggi's high-profile killing and alleged dismemberment, and suggested that there was bipartisan support among lawmakers to sanction individuals involved in the assassination, including members of the royal family.
"While Saudi Arabia is a strategic ally, the behavior of the Crown Prince – in multiple ways – has shown disrespect for the relationship and made him, in my view, beyond toxic," Graham added.
Constant Trump critics Sen. Jeff Flake and Sen. Bob Corker also condemned the statement. The retiring senator from Arizona said "great allies" don't lure their own citizens into a trap, and then have them killed.
"I never thought I'd see the day a White House would moonlight as a public relations firm for the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia," Corker, who is also retiring, wrote on Twitter.
In his statement, President Trump touted Saudi Arabia's important role in America's national security apparatus and the billions of dollars he said the U.S has received in arms transactions with the royal family. He said U.S. intelligence agencies are still probing Khashoggi's murder. "Maybe he did and maybe he didn't!" President Trump said in a statement, referring to the possibility that the Saudi Crown Prince ordered the journalist's brutal killing.
Meanwhile, Democrats — who will have control of important House committees that could potentially investigate Khashoggi's assassination and the U.S.-Saudi alliance — were more scathing in their criticism and directly referenced the president.
"The President's failure to hold Saudi Arabia responsible in any meaningful way for the death of Jamal Khashoggi is just one more example of this White House's retreat from American leadership on issues like human rights and protecting the free press," the vice chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., said in a statement.
Although he said the government should always consider the U.S.' close cooperation with the oil-rich kingdom, Congressman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., accused President Trump of damaging America's "standing as a champion of human rights."
"To suggest 'maybe he did and maybe he didn't' or that we are incapable of finding out the truth, or that knowing the truth our silence can be bought with arms sales, undermines respect for the Office of the Presidency," Schiff said.
After labeling President Trump's response a "betrayal of long-established American values of respect for human rights," Fred Ryan, the publisher and CEO of the Washington Post, the newspaper for which Khashoggi penned opinion pieces, called on the administration to make the intelligence evidence on the murder public and urged Congress to act in the wake of "failure of leadership" from the White House.
"President Trump is correct in saying the world is a very dangerous place," Ryan said in a statement. "His surrender to this state-ordered murder will only make it more so. An innocent man, brutally slain, deserves better, as does the cause of truth and justice and human rights."

No one cares. Lol. O supported tons of third world murderers and somehow we're supposed to give a crap now? Yeah, whatever.

'Cept you, snowflake. Your whataboutism gives you up every time, sorry about that.

No idea what any of that partisan snowflake bullshit is supposed to mean, but keep on LIVING THE DREAM.

 

[LordBrownTrout]

Lawmakers, even GOP lawmakers are sickened by Trump's alliance and defense of a man that the CIA has denounced as a murderer.

Donald Trump has no morals or ethics, but lawmakers are resiling from traveling down the dark hole with Donald Trump.

Let us hope that Satan's slave, Jared Kushner, is pushed out of the White House by the movement against Trump and the Saudis.

American's are embarrassed by Trump's association and defense of a murderer.

Lawmakers denounce Trump's backing of Saudis, despite Khashoggi killing

Lawmakers denounce Trump's backing of Saudis, despite Khashoggi killing

The White House's pledge to maintain its strong military and economic alliance with Saudi Arabia amid reports that U.S. intelligence has assessed that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the gruesome murder of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi, has ignited a flurry of bipartisan condemnation in Washington.
After President Trump issued a remarkable statement on Tuesday in which he acknowledged that the heir apparent to the Saudi throne may have known about the "tragic event," but that his administration nevertheless "intended to remain a steadfast partner of Saudi Arabia," several Republican and Democratic members of Congress denounced the White House's position.
"I'm pretty sure this statement is Saudi Arabia First, not America First," Republican Sen. Rand Paul, an ally of the president but ardent critic of America's relationship with the Saudis, wrote on Twitter.
The lawmaker from Kentucky accused National Security Adviser and foreign policy hawk John Bolton of writing the statement and criticized American assistance to the Saudi-led coalition waging a bloody war against the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen.
"We should, at the very least, NOT reward Saudi Arabia with our sophisticated armaments that they in turn use to bomb civilians," Paul added.
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., who has largely embraced the administration's doctrine across the world, wrote on Twitter that "our foreign policy must be about promoting our national interests." The junior senator from Florida stressed that defending human rights is vital to America's national security because human rights violations fuel "mass migration," foster extremism and benefit governments hostile to the U.S.
In a statement, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said the U.S. can't overlook Khashoggi's high-profile killing and alleged dismemberment, and suggested that there was bipartisan support among lawmakers to sanction individuals involved in the assassination, including members of the royal family.
"While Saudi Arabia is a strategic ally, the behavior of the Crown Prince – in multiple ways – has shown disrespect for the relationship and made him, in my view, beyond toxic," Graham added.
Constant Trump critics Sen. Jeff Flake and Sen. Bob Corker also condemned the statement. The retiring senator from Arizona said "great allies" don't lure their own citizens into a trap, and then have them killed.
"I never thought I'd see the day a White House would moonlight as a public relations firm for the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia," Corker, who is also retiring, wrote on Twitter.
In his statement, President Trump touted Saudi Arabia's important role in America's national security apparatus and the billions of dollars he said the U.S has received in arms transactions with the royal family. He said U.S. intelligence agencies are still probing Khashoggi's murder. "Maybe he did and maybe he didn't!" President Trump said in a statement, referring to the possibility that the Saudi Crown Prince ordered the journalist's brutal killing.
Meanwhile, Democrats — who will have control of important House committees that could potentially investigate Khashoggi's assassination and the U.S.-Saudi alliance — were more scathing in their criticism and directly referenced the president.
"The President's failure to hold Saudi Arabia responsible in any meaningful way for the death of Jamal Khashoggi is just one more example of this White House's retreat from American leadership on issues like human rights and protecting the free press," the vice chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., said in a statement.
Although he said the government should always consider the U.S.' close cooperation with the oil-rich kingdom, Congressman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., accused President Trump of damaging America's "standing as a champion of human rights."
"To suggest 'maybe he did and maybe he didn't' or that we are incapable of finding out the truth, or that knowing the truth our silence can be bought with arms sales, undermines respect for the Office of the Presidency," Schiff said.
After labeling President Trump's response a "betrayal of long-established American values of respect for human rights," Fred Ryan, the publisher and CEO of the Washington Post, the newspaper for which Khashoggi penned opinion pieces, called on the administration to make the intelligence evidence on the murder public and urged Congress to act in the wake of "failure of leadership" from the White House.
"President Trump is correct in saying the world is a very dangerous place," Ryan said in a statement. "His surrender to this state-ordered murder will only make it more so. An innocent man, brutally slain, deserves better, as does the cause of truth and justice and human rights."

No one cares. Lol. O supported tons of third world murderers and somehow we're supposed to give a crap now? Yeah, whatever.

'Cept you, snowflake. Your whataboutism gives you up every time, sorry about that.

Nope, the left told us we weren't supposed to care when Hussein was gassing up the Kurds. Your hand wringing and sob story emotions fall on deaf ears. Go cry elesewhere. No one cares.

 

[Tumblin Tumbleweed]

Lawmakers, even GOP lawmakers are sickened by Trump's alliance and defense of a man that the CIA has denounced as a murderer.

Donald Trump has no morals or ethics, but lawmakers are resiling from traveling down the dark hole with Donald Trump.

Let us hope that Satan's slave, Jared Kushner, is pushed out of the White House by the movement against Trump and the Saudis.

American's are embarrassed by Trump's association and defense of a murderer.

Lawmakers denounce Trump's backing of Saudis, despite Khashoggi killing

Lawmakers denounce Trump's backing of Saudis, despite Khashoggi killing

The White House's pledge to maintain its strong military and economic alliance with Saudi Arabia amid reports that U.S. intelligence has assessed that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the gruesome murder of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi, has ignited a flurry of bipartisan condemnation in Washington.
After President Trump issued a remarkable statement on Tuesday in which he acknowledged that the heir apparent to the Saudi throne may have known about the "tragic event," but that his administration nevertheless "intended to remain a steadfast partner of Saudi Arabia," several Republican and Democratic members of Congress denounced the White House's position.
"I'm pretty sure this statement is Saudi Arabia First, not America First," Republican Sen. Rand Paul, an ally of the president but ardent critic of America's relationship with the Saudis, wrote on Twitter.
The lawmaker from Kentucky accused National Security Adviser and foreign policy hawk John Bolton of writing the statement and criticized American assistance to the Saudi-led coalition waging a bloody war against the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen.
"We should, at the very least, NOT reward Saudi Arabia with our sophisticated armaments that they in turn use to bomb civilians," Paul added.
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., who has largely embraced the administration's doctrine across the world, wrote on Twitter that "our foreign policy must be about promoting our national interests." The junior senator from Florida stressed that defending human rights is vital to America's national security because human rights violations fuel "mass migration," foster extremism and benefit governments hostile to the U.S.
In a statement, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said the U.S. can't overlook Khashoggi's high-profile killing and alleged dismemberment, and suggested that there was bipartisan support among lawmakers to sanction individuals involved in the assassination, including members of the royal family.
"While Saudi Arabia is a strategic ally, the behavior of the Crown Prince – in multiple ways – has shown disrespect for the relationship and made him, in my view, beyond toxic," Graham added.
Constant Trump critics Sen. Jeff Flake and Sen. Bob Corker also condemned the statement. The retiring senator from Arizona said "great allies" don't lure their own citizens into a trap, and then have them killed.
"I never thought I'd see the day a White House would moonlight as a public relations firm for the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia," Corker, who is also retiring, wrote on Twitter.
In his statement, President Trump touted Saudi Arabia's important role in America's national security apparatus and the billions of dollars he said the U.S has received in arms transactions with the royal family. He said U.S. intelligence agencies are still probing Khashoggi's murder. "Maybe he did and maybe he didn't!" President Trump said in a statement, referring to the possibility that the Saudi Crown Prince ordered the journalist's brutal killing.
Meanwhile, Democrats — who will have control of important House committees that could potentially investigate Khashoggi's assassination and the U.S.-Saudi alliance — were more scathing in their criticism and directly referenced the president.
"The President's failure to hold Saudi Arabia responsible in any meaningful way for the death of Jamal Khashoggi is just one more example of this White House's retreat from American leadership on issues like human rights and protecting the free press," the vice chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., said in a statement.
Although he said the government should always consider the U.S.' close cooperation with the oil-rich kingdom, Congressman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., accused President Trump of damaging America's "standing as a champion of human rights."
"To suggest 'maybe he did and maybe he didn't' or that we are incapable of finding out the truth, or that knowing the truth our silence can be bought with arms sales, undermines respect for the Office of the Presidency," Schiff said.
After labeling President Trump's response a "betrayal of long-established American values of respect for human rights," Fred Ryan, the publisher and CEO of the Washington Post, the newspaper for which Khashoggi penned opinion pieces, called on the administration to make the intelligence evidence on the murder public and urged Congress to act in the wake of "failure of leadership" from the White House.
"President Trump is correct in saying the world is a very dangerous place," Ryan said in a statement. "His surrender to this state-ordered murder will only make it more so. An innocent man, brutally slain, deserves better, as does the cause of truth and justice and human rights."

No one cares. Lol. O supported tons of third world murderers and somehow we're supposed to give a crap now? Yeah, whatever.

'Cept you, snowflake. Your whataboutism gives you up every time, sorry about that.

Nope, the left told us we weren't supposed to care when Hussein was gassing up the Kurds. Your hand wringing and sob story emotions fall on deaf ears. Go cry elesewhere. No one cares.

Here's the difference: I'm not wringing my hands. I've simply had it with wingers. Ending their social crusade of divisive, politically partisan nonsense is enough.

 

[Denizen]

Trump's interest is Donald Trump first. The rest is false dogma to fire up the Deplorables and Trumpland trailer-town.

Stop with the idiotic bumper-sticker slogans already. Trump's interest is America, pure and simple.

If you don't want to be a part of it, then just leave.

Yep. Ayn Rand fan based on handle. Subtle. Personally, I found Atlas Shrugged to be a tedious work of art to get through. Felt like it was written from the perspective of a 7th grader. The Fountainhead was infinitely better, IMO.

Don't know, having never read the book. Personally, I think that reading tedious books is for faggots.

But I do know the very mention of "Galt" causes anal-obsessed liberals to foam at the mouth and chew their toes off, so it's all roses and sunshine in my world.

Trumpland is like that. Donald Trump drops his trousers and his faithful bask in the light.

Seem that we're not the ones who are on the receiving end of his Magnificent Orange Shaft.

How's it feel? Only six more years to go.

Donald Trump will serve two terms. One in office and one in prison.

 

[Denizen]

Lawmakers, even GOP lawmakers are sickened by Trump's alliance and defense of a man that the CIA has denounced as a murderer.

Donald Trump has no morals or ethics, but lawmakers are resiling from traveling down the dark hole with Donald Trump.

Let us hope that Satan's slave, Jared Kushner, is pushed out of the White House by the movement against Trump and the Saudis.

American's are embarrassed by Trump's association and defense of a murderer.

Lawmakers denounce Trump's backing of Saudis, despite Khashoggi killing

Lawmakers denounce Trump's backing of Saudis, despite Khashoggi killing

The White House's pledge to maintain its strong military and economic alliance with Saudi Arabia amid reports that U.S. intelligence has assessed that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the gruesome murder of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi, has ignited a flurry of bipartisan condemnation in Washington.
After President Trump issued a remarkable statement on Tuesday in which he acknowledged that the heir apparent to the Saudi throne may have known about the "tragic event," but that his administration nevertheless "intended to remain a steadfast partner of Saudi Arabia," several Republican and Democratic members of Congress denounced the White House's position.
"I'm pretty sure this statement is Saudi Arabia First, not America First," Republican Sen. Rand Paul, an ally of the president but ardent critic of America's relationship with the Saudis, wrote on Twitter.
The lawmaker from Kentucky accused National Security Adviser and foreign policy hawk John Bolton of writing the statement and criticized American assistance to the Saudi-led coalition waging a bloody war against the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen.
"We should, at the very least, NOT reward Saudi Arabia with our sophisticated armaments that they in turn use to bomb civilians," Paul added.
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., who has largely embraced the administration's doctrine across the world, wrote on Twitter that "our foreign policy must be about promoting our national interests." The junior senator from Florida stressed that defending human rights is vital to America's national security because human rights violations fuel "mass migration," foster extremism and benefit governments hostile to the U.S.
In a statement, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said the U.S. can't overlook Khashoggi's high-profile killing and alleged dismemberment, and suggested that there was bipartisan support among lawmakers to sanction individuals involved in the assassination, including members of the royal family.
"While Saudi Arabia is a strategic ally, the behavior of the Crown Prince – in multiple ways – has shown disrespect for the relationship and made him, in my view, beyond toxic," Graham added.
Constant Trump critics Sen. Jeff Flake and Sen. Bob Corker also condemned the statement. The retiring senator from Arizona said "great allies" don't lure their own citizens into a trap, and then have them killed.
"I never thought I'd see the day a White House would moonlight as a public relations firm for the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia," Corker, who is also retiring, wrote on Twitter.
In his statement, President Trump touted Saudi Arabia's important role in America's national security apparatus and the billions of dollars he said the U.S has received in arms transactions with the royal family. He said U.S. intelligence agencies are still probing Khashoggi's murder. "Maybe he did and maybe he didn't!" President Trump said in a statement, referring to the possibility that the Saudi Crown Prince ordered the journalist's brutal killing.
Meanwhile, Democrats — who will have control of important House committees that could potentially investigate Khashoggi's assassination and the U.S.-Saudi alliance — were more scathing in their criticism and directly referenced the president.
"The President's failure to hold Saudi Arabia responsible in any meaningful way for the death of Jamal Khashoggi is just one more example of this White House's retreat from American leadership on issues like human rights and protecting the free press," the vice chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., said in a statement.
Although he said the government should always consider the U.S.' close cooperation with the oil-rich kingdom, Congressman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., accused President Trump of damaging America's "standing as a champion of human rights."
"To suggest 'maybe he did and maybe he didn't' or that we are incapable of finding out the truth, or that knowing the truth our silence can be bought with arms sales, undermines respect for the Office of the Presidency," Schiff said.
After labeling President Trump's response a "betrayal of long-established American values of respect for human rights," Fred Ryan, the publisher and CEO of the Washington Post, the newspaper for which Khashoggi penned opinion pieces, called on the administration to make the intelligence evidence on the murder public and urged Congress to act in the wake of "failure of leadership" from the White House.
"President Trump is correct in saying the world is a very dangerous place," Ryan said in a statement. "His surrender to this state-ordered murder will only make it more so. An innocent man, brutally slain, deserves better, as does the cause of truth and justice and human rights."

No one cares. Lol. O supported tons of third world murderers and somehow we're supposed to give a crap now? Yeah, whatever.

'Cept you, snowflake. Your whataboutism gives you up every time, sorry about that.

Nope, the left told us we weren't supposed to care when Hussein was gassing up the Kurds. Your hand wringing and sob story emotions fall on deaf ears. Go cry elesewhere. No one cares.

Using gas supplied by the USA.