U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson joins Mass. Congressional candidate Carl Sciortino to lay out case againt

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U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson, a Florida Democrat and member of the U.S. House Foreign Relations Committee, joined Massachusetts Democratic congressional candidate Carl Sciortino in a conference call on Monday to argue against U.S. military intervention in Syria.

Grayson, who endorsed Sciortino last month, has been a leader in the U.S. House in opposing U.S. military intervention in Syria. Sciortino, a state representative, was the first among five Democratic elected officials running for Congress in Massachusetts’ 5th District to say he would oppose the use of military force in Syria. However, by Monday, all five Democrats had come out against the use of force.

“I question what message a military strike will send if followed by additional bloodshed,” Sciortino told reporters Monday. Sciortino said the U.S. needs to seek a political solution through diplomacy and a negotiated ceasefire.

He said the U.S. must exhaust every diplomatic option before turning to the military. “I fear if we begin with a military option, it will lead to an escalation of war, not peace,” Sciortino said. Sciortino called on the other Democrats in his race to oppose the use of military force.

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