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Cheney calls for Turkish leader's bodyguards to be banned from re-entering US
By Juliegrace Brufke - 11/11/19 04:34 PM EST
Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) is calling on the State Department to bar any individuals who traveled with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in 2017 and took part in an assault on U.S. citizens outside the Turkish ambassadors residence from re-entering the country this week.
The request from the House Republican Conference chairwoman comes as Erdoğan is due to meet with President Trump at the White House on Wednesday.
In a letter sent to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday, Cheney who has risen to become one of the most prominent GOP voices on foreign policy noted the 2017 attack was not the first instance of such violence, stating Erdoğans thugs have used authoritarian tactics against Americans during visits to the U.S. in the past.
At least eleven people were injured throughout the day, including law enforcement personnel who every day defend Americans' constitutional rights and physical safety.
The Wyoming Republican who has been highly critical of the administrations decision to pull troops out of northern Syria ahead of a Turkish attack on Kurdish allies last month said the behavior might be routine in Turkey but that it should not be brought to the U.S.
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https://thehill.com/policy/international/469938-cheney-calls-for-turkish-leaders-bodyguards-to-be-banned-from-re?fbclid=IwAR0a7LvYixPGngNXoO2qeEGREIg9oXvNJA9aqKhMdAUyuDuOTZn3-hsIBLQ
yellowcanine
(35,692 posts)babylonsister
(170,962 posts)suggested or demanded the same?
Nictuku
(3,570 posts)... but think she is probably right here. Our situation is so .... surreal.. I'm agreeing with a Cheney....
Anyone else wonder how much advice she gets from Dad?
redstateblues
(10,565 posts)The smearing of Lt Col Vinman
yellowcanine
(35,692 posts)We are only inviting him because T-rump likes tyrants.
Hekate
(90,189 posts)gratuitous
(82,849 posts)But I don't see how it's going to stop Erdogan from bringing his favorite thugs to Washington again.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)after Trump finishes destroying the present one.
Suddenly she coming our with statements unrelated to anything except theyre hooded messages to the old time Republicans like the Bush family, her father Dick Cheney and even Bill Krystol. That crowd.
Theyre going back to the drawing board.
enid602
(8,524 posts). . . says a woman whose own father was convicted of war crimes, and has effectively been banned from visiting foreign countries.