GOP Senators Fault Trump Policy For Syria Chemical Weapons Attack
After a brutal chemical weapons attack killed dozens of civilians, including many children, in northern Syria, Republican and Democratic senators on Capitol Hill are blaming the Trump administration for sending signals that encouraged the Syrian regime to "act with impunity."
"This is what obviously happens when the United States of America doesn't behave in a way that [shows] we care about human rights and the needless deaths of innocent people," Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) fumed to reporters on Tuesday, the day of the attack. "When the Secretary of State says that the Syrian people will decide their own future, that sends a signal to Bashar al Assad that he can do whatever he wants with impunity. It encourages the brutality and mass murder."
More senators piled on the administration's response in a press conference Wednesday, saying Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's recent suggestion that the U.S. is now open to Bashar al Assad's continued rule in Syria is emboldening the regime to wage war against its own people.
"If you're Bashar al Assad and you read that it's no longer a priority of the United States to have you removed from power, I believe that's an incentive to act with impunity," Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) told reporters Wednesday.
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