GOP leaders hesitant to challenge Trump on Saudi Arabia

[riversedge]

Source: The Hill



By Alexander Bolton and Jordain Carney - 10/17/18 06:54 PM EDT


Republican leaders in Congress are taking a cautious approach in their response to mounting evidence that the Saudi royal family is linked to the suspected death of U.S.-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) said they will wait on the results of an investigation by the Trump administration into Khashoggi’s disappearance, a process that could take weeks or months.

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GOP leaders are in a difficult position because they don’t want to pick a fight with President Trump over his Middle East policy, into which Saudi Arabia figures prominently, less than three weeks from the Nov. 6 midterm elections.
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But some members of their conferences -- Sens. Marco Rubio (Fla.), a prominent member of the Foreign Relations Committee, and Lindsey Graham (S.C.), one of Trump’s closest allies and chairman of the State and Foreign Operations Appropriations Subcommittee -- are pressing for Congress to act independently...........................................

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/411961-gop-leaders-hesitant-to-challenge-trump-on-saudi-arabia

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Nothing about Mitch and Ryan would classify those two as "leaders"

[Va Lefty]

1. Not just on Saudi Arabia. They are cowards and traitors.

[Shrike47]

2. Got that right. They are permanently unwilling to confront him, cowards.

[elleng]

4. YES they ARE, COWARDS and TRAITORS.

[groundloop]

3. will wait on results of investigation by Tiny's administration - what a crock of shit

We already know what the results will be if Tiny has any influence over the investigation.

[rpannier]

6. If it had been Obama or Clinton that were president, they'd have waited for nothing

[pangaia]

7. If it were Obama or Clinton they would have been impeached and found guilty by now.

[rpannier]

5. This could create real problems for the House of a Million Corpses

Rand Paul and Mike Lee are both less than supportive of Saudi Arabia and have voted against giving the Saudis the toys they want to kill people.
Add to that, at least a plurality, if not more, of Americans do not have favorable opinions of Saudi Arabia, this could be interesting politically

[groundloop]

8. I certainly hope this Tiny and repuke inaction stays in the news

People need to go to prison over this, Kushner for one. Tiny has got to be in a very uncomfortable position.

[FakeNoose]

16. There needs to be Magnitsky sanctions against Saudi Arabia immediately

Freeze their assets in the US, at least the Crown Prince's accounts if nothing else.
Sanctions!

[Solly Mack]

9. Shocker

Republicans with no morality? No integrity? No strength of character? Shocker.

[Honeycombe8]

10. They have totally abdicated their duties to become cult followers.

Not one of them is a decent human being, anymore, as far as I'm concerned.

And TRUMP is not doing an investigation. The FBI/DOJ is...you know...those guys that Trump says can't be trusted.

[Andy823]

11. Trump and jarred could be in trouble

Someone posted a few days or more back that Jarred had talked with the prince the day before it happened, and as many on the news have stated, it's kind of odd why the Saudis were so public about how they did it, and didn't seem to be worried at all about getting caught.

Makes on wonder just how deep in this whole murder plot Jarred and trump might be, and why it's taking so long to get to the bottom of things.

[Grasswire2]

13. following on your speculation....

....maybe the Saudis meant to put Jared/Trump in a dangerous and compromising situation.

Maybe the Saudis now have them by the short and curlies.

"Cross us and we will release the evidence that you (Jared, Trump...) knew about this in advance...."

It's possible.

[Andy823]

14. That could very well be

That might be why they haven't come up with any "evidence" yet. I am sure that the after two weeks the intelligence agencies here know something, but they are not saying what for some reason or another. They do report to trump, and we all know if he was involved in this, he is going to do his best to cover it all up, like the Russia thing!

[AZ8theist]

12. Who wrote this fucking article???

There is NO GOP LEADERSHIP, much less one's who will challenge Doturd.

Repukes in this congress are spineless, cowardly, treasonous SCUMMMMMMMMMMMMMM BBBAAAAAGGGGGSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!

NOTHING LESS.

[Haggis for Breakfast]

15. For christ's sake McConnell and Ryan

GROW A PAIR.

I cannot imagine that ANY president or Congress in the last 60 years that would sit on this and do nothing.

The United States is now officially dead.

[Judi Lynn]

17. Clearly the only line they'll draw is between themselves and a moral response. n/t

[orleans]

18. sounds like those "leaders" need a testosterone patch n/t

[leftynyc]

19. The gop has gone from

the US being a shining city on a hill to a low rent whore who spreads her legs for a little cash.

[Nitram]

20. "GOP leaders hesitant to challenge Trump on Saudi Arabia" So what else is new?