Sen. Bernie Sanders has criticized President Joe Biden’s visit to Saudi Arabia given reports that the 2018 assassination of a Washington Post journalist was orchestrated by the country’s crown prince, Politico reports. “The leader of that country, who’s involved in the murder of a Washington Post journalist, I don’t think that that type of government should be rewarded with a visit by the president of the United States,” Sanders (I-Vt.) said on ABC’s “This Week.”
Biden came under fire not only for the visit last week but for greeting Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman with a fist bump upon his arrival to the royal palace. The casualness of the exchange sparked outrage from Washington Post publisher Fred Ryan — who called the fist bump “shameful” — as well as Democrats and human rights activists.
Sanders on Sunday recognized that the oil crisis is likely the reason Biden decided to go through with the visit, but the Vermont senator suggested there are better ways to go about reducing the cost of gas. “We’ve got to tell the oil companies to stop ripping off the American people, and if they don’t, we impose a windfall profits tax on them,” Sanders said.
Asked by ABC’s Martha Raddatz whether he would “ignore the Saudis” if he were president, Sanders doubled down on his hard stance against the country, cautioning against maintaining a “warm relationship” with the “dictatorship.” “Look, you got a family that is worth $100 billion, which crushes democracy, which treats women as third-class citizens, which murders and imprisons its opponents,” Sanders said. “And if this country believes in anything, we believe in human rights, we believe in democracy, and I just don’t believe that we should be maintaining a warm relationship with a dictatorship like that.”
As Mayor Koch would have said, “WRONG, WRONG, WRONG!” You Boynee, are just critical of something you know nothing about! You just want to promote Boynee!
Americans are paying in excess of 3 times for gasoline than they did 19 months ago! The price as Crazy Eddie would have said are INSANE! You and your Democrat cronies could care less! If visiting the House of Saud will help then he’s obligated to do so! Besides, there was no date in court where MBS was convicted of ordering the execution of Kashoggi. If you really cared about the American people you would spearhead a grassroots organized effort to get the Keystone pipeline construction
reinstated thereby isolating the oil rich pariahs, getting many thousands of Americans jobs and thus lowering the ridiculous price of gasoline. But you’re just full of Boynee!
Had this fabricated refurbished report been true he wouldn’t have worn the same shirt he wore before he was cv’d. Why can’t fake news photoshop different shirts with different facial actions?
You have to be a first class fool to believe any of this or even to read it. No, I didn’t read it. Just looking at the picture is enough to see it’s a complete lie.
khashoggi was a friend of osama bin ladin not a washington post columnist
Jamal Khashogi was a Washington Post / CIA columnist who was going to reveal the CIA’s deepest secret to the Saudis – the truth about 9/11.
Biden is not the legitimate POTUS so it’s not an issue.
Saudi was problematic but not the biggest issue anymore. They aren’t the craziest country today.