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| Subject: Ending U.S. involvement in Yemen’s civil war is bringing Trump allies and progressives together Wed Apr 10, 2019 11:33 pm | |
| President Trump promised to veto a resolution ending U.S. involvement in the brutal Yemen civil war even before House Speaker Nancy Pelosi sent it to his desk. But a diverse group of lawmakers — including some of the president's strongest allies — think they can convince him to put down the veto pen and sign it into law.
They just have to get a meeting first.
The group thinks it can convince Trump that his base isn’t so wild about foreign conflicts. If that fails, they’re going to argue that continuing to support Saudi Arabia in the conflict, which has killed an estimated 7,000 civilians and left millions on the brink of famine, is just wrong.
“The president’s a dove. He has dovish tendencies,” Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) told VICE News just off the House floor. “I think that if we get some time with him, we can make our argument about how the war in Yemen runs afoul of the Trump doctrine.”
https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/kzmepw/ending-us-involvement-in-yemens-civil-war-is-bringing-trump-allies-and-progressives-together
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