Senate votes to condemn Saudi crown prince for Khashoggi killing, end support for Yemen war

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

The Senate on Thursday delivered back-to-back rebukes of President Trump’s embrace of Saudi Arabia, first voting to end U.S. participation in the Saudi-led war in Yemen and then unanimously approving a measure blaming the kingdom’s crown prince for the ghastly murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

Together, the dual actions represent an unambiguous rejection of Trump’s continued defense of Saudi leaders in the face of a CIA assessment that concluded Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman likely ordered and monitored Khashoggi’s killing Oct. 2 inside a Saudi consulate in Istanbul. It suggests a bipartisan majority of senators will pursue broader punitive measures when Congress regroups next year — including sanctions and a halt to weapons transfers — despite the administration’s objections.

“What we showed in this vote today is that Republicans and Democrats are ready to get back in the business of working with a president — and sometimes against a president — to set the foreign policy of this nation,” said Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) a longtime advocate for checking Saudi Arabia’s regional expansion. “The United States has said, through the Senate, that our support for the Saudi coalition is no longer open-ended.”

The unanimous vote to hold Mohammed responsible for Khashoggi’s murder reflects the extent to which senators in both parties have grown tired of Trump’s continued defense of Mohammed’s denials. It also puts significant pressure on leaders in the House — where the president’s Saudi policy is far more divisive — to allow for a similar vote to condemn the crown prince before the end of the year.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/senate-votes-to-condemn-saudi-crown-prince-for-khashoggi-killing-end-support-for-yemen-war/ar-BBQU9IP?li=BBnb7Kz

And to think Trump curtsied so nicely to King Salman

[Eyeball_Kid]

1. Ryan's got no balls. IMO, this is DOA in the House. n/t

[FakeNoose]

2. So ... does this mean sanctions? frozen assets? what can they do to MSB?

This is a little bit like "Old man yells at cloud," unless they can punish him somehow.

[El Supremo]

3. Drumpf veto.

[oberliner]

5. It won't get to his desk

It won't even get voted on in the House.

[oberliner]

8. It means nothing

Since the House won't take it up (and even if they did, it would not pass there).

[question everything]

4. Appalling that only 56 voted for it

On the Joint Resolution: S.J. Res. 54, As Amended; A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities in the Republic of Yemen that have not been authorized by Congress.

Glad to see that the Democrats voted yes.

https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=115&session=2&vote=00266

And Graham not voting? I thought that he instigated it?

[oberliner]

6. Graham said he didn't think this resolution was "the appropriate tool"

Since it relies on a law saying Congress can stop US participation in hostilities they haven’t authorized. And he also argued that support for the Saudis in Yemen didn’t count as active hostilities.

[question everything]

7. Was too good to be true for Graham to show some spine

[oberliner]

9. It's amazing what a sycophant to Trump he has become over the years