GOP Rep. Chris Stewart Defends Trump on Khashoggi: 'Journalists Disappear' All the Time

[brooklynite]

Source: Daily Beast

During an interview with CNN’s Brianna Keilar on Tuesday, Rep. Chris Stewart (R-UT) defended President Donald Trump’s decision to stand by Saudi Arabia despite overwhelming evidence that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was behind the murder of U.S.-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Admitting that it’s possible MBS ordered the killing, Stewart, who serves on the House Intelligence Committee, said, “We have to have to have a relationship with some players that we don’t agree with. Journalists disappear all over the country. 20 journalists have been killed in Mexico. You don't think it happens in Turkey and China? Of course it does. And yet we have to have a relationship with these individuals, or with these countries.” The comments echoed those made by Trump, who told reporters last month, “I’m not going to destroy the world economy and I’m not going to destroy the economy for our country by being foolish with Saudi Arabia.” Earlier on Tuesday, Republican senators who attended a classified briefing from CIA Director Gina Haspel on Khashoggi’s killing emerged more confident than ever that MBS was guilty. “No question in my mind. I had almost no question before. I have no question whatsoever now,” Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) said, “that the crown prince directed the murder and was kept apprised of the situation all the way through.”

Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/gop-rep-chris-stewart-defends-trump-on-khashoggi-journalists-disappear-all-the-time

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Well I feel better...

[2naSalit]

1. Oookay?

Wow, how low they have sunken.

[C_U_L8R]

2. That's a pretty wordy justification for murder

What a sick fucker. Soulless and clueless. Do these creeps ever read their bibles???

[Racerdog1]

6. Only the part they agree with

Fucking evangelicals, a worthless lot.

[Sanity Claws]

3. Trying to normalize the targeting and killing of journalists

This is not normal, just as it is not normal to have a "president" who commits treason and obstructs justice.

[CurtEastPoint]

4. Assholes disappear all the time, too, so he should use caution.

[Maxheader]

8. Really great response!

Thank you...

[GentryDixon]

5. My Representative, sadly.

Mormon-R will be elected every time. Add in gerrymandering, I have a Representative who lives many miles & many counties from me.

[The Liberal Lion]

7. Republicans are sickening people

[safeinOhio]

9. Reporters, ok.

Seems same thing would make sense for US Reps too. Wouldn’t want to bring down the economy over a murdered Rep.

[PaulX2]

10. Journalists Disappear All The Time Because Scum Like Charlie Stewart Refuse To Go After Their Killer

If Republicans weren't oil prostitutes we wouldn't need their Blood Oil.

[Haggis for Breakfast]

11. What's in the water in Utah these days ?

[djacq]

12. I wonder what Journalists from Utah would say to that.

[keithbvadu2]

13. Would he mind if someone said: 'legislators disappear' all the time'?

[Jedi Guy]

14. I agree with him on exactly one point.

Sometimes we do have to accept that our allies will do things we don't like. You have to balance that thing with all the rest of the geopolitical situation. Over the years, the US has been pals with some really sketchy people simply because it was in our best interests. The old saying, "Sure, he's an asshole, but he's our asshole" illustrates this nicely.

So, for instance, we made some tepid condemnations of Saudi's human rights issues from time to time, but largely didn't make too much of a fuss about it. I can stomach that, though I'm not keen on it. But the cold-blooded murder of a journalist should be a bridge too far, particularly since not issuing a full-throated condemnation of Khashoggi's killing invites more of the same, from MBS and other autocratic rulers the world over.

There comes a time when one's friends or allies do something that can no longer be ignored or brushed under the rug. This is exactly that time, and continuing to look the other way makes Trump, and those who agree with him on this issue, complicit in the murder of Jamal Khashoggi. One more moral failing for the heaping pile, I suppose.

[Judi Lynn]

15. Love this picture of the slimeball from Utah! Orrin Hatch is giving him a WTF look.

Could it be he is so low even Orrin thinks he sucks?

That's really bad.

[dalton99a]

17. +1

[turbinetree]

16. Hey Chris Stewart from UTAH......................Republican Chris Stewart from UTAH.................

your a fucking idiot............................do you understand that these human beings will not be going home to be with there loved ones........................are you that fucking stupid to comprehend this............do you have any fucking empathy or principles.....................

https://cpj.org/data/killed/2018/?status=Killed&motiveConfirmed%5B%5D=Confirmed&type%5B%5D=Journalist&start_year=2018&end_year=2018&group_by=location


November 3, 2020 cannot get here fast enough.........................