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If media reports are accurate and Turkey has entered northern Syria — a disaster is in the making.
Pray for our Kurdish allies who have been shamelessly abandoned by the Trump Administration. This move ensures the reemergence of ISIS.
Will lead effort in Congress to make Erdogan pay a heavy price.
I urge President Trump to change course while there is still time by going back to the safe zone concept that was working.
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Lindsey Graham
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Voting to legitimize an unfair process does not make it fair.

When it comes to President @realDonaldTrump the rules seemingly always have to be different.
This House vote legitimizes a process that denies the President:

▶️ the right to counsel in the Intel Committee;

▶️makes the Republican minority subservient to the will of Adam Schiff in the Intel Committee when it comes to interviewing witnesses.
These procedures are grossly different than what has been used in the past and extremely dangerous to the future of the Presidency.

I appreciate those who vote against this resolution and are fighting the good fight.
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Lindsey Graham
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Ready to take up House bill as passed!

Awesome bipartisan takedown of Turkey’s invasion just occurred in the House with overwhelming support from Democrats and Republicans – 403-16.
I expect the Senate will take up this cause and let Turkey unequivocally know that the United States will not sit on the sidelines as they create problems for us and our allies.
Erdogan created this mess and he needs to fix it. Congress is intent on standing by the Kurds and SDF forces who helped us destroy ISIS against Turkish aggression.
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Lindsey Graham
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Very much appreciate my Senate GOP colleagues signing onto my resolution condemning the House Dem process against President @realDonaldTrump.

Our efforts forced @SpeakerPelosi and Dem leaders to RETREAT from an unfair, underhanded process!
@realDonaldTrump @SpeakerPelosi I’ll continue to watch closely to see what follows and won’t hesitate to call them out again if necessary.
@realDonaldTrump @SpeakerPelosi Holding a vote to legitimize a behind closed doors process – without the right to confront the accuser and call witnesses on your behalf – does not fix the problem.

It would still deny President Trump the rights every American is entitled to.
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Steve Herman
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More than 50 minutes behind schedule, @POTUS news conference with @Quirinale finally due to begin momentarily. whitehouse.gov/live/
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And now, per @EsperDoD, “deliberate withdrawal” of 1000 US troops in northern Syria.

Turkey played chicken with the US this week, firing at US positions to force the US either to respond or withdraw.

Let’s think through the US response strategically and ethically. /1
Let’s bracket the question of whether the US should have been in Syria in the first place. Once it committed itself, it generated new ethical & strategic realities. The claim that the US “shouldn’t have been there” can’t be used to justify any & all ways of disentangling itself/2
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Week 152 ...we have covered that the potency of his tweets have had decreased, both in impact and visibility, as his time in office wears on. Also, notably, the media coverage of Trump’s frenzied tweeting has dropped off theweeklylist.org/weekly-list/we… via @Amy_Siskind
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BREAKING: Turkey announces beginning of attack into northern Syria border region following US president’s decision to pull US military forces out of the area.
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BREAKING: Turkey announces beginning of attack into northern Syria border region following US president's decision to pull US military forces out of the area. nbcnews.to/35iAHA5
BREAKING: Kurdish-led SDF, a US military ally that US forces were ordered to withdraw from in northern Syria this week, says it is asking for US and US-led coalition forces to enforce a "no fly zone" as Turkey begins to carry out airstrikes in northern Syria.
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.@AP journalists on Turkish side of border overlooking Tal Abyad saw Turkish forces crossing into Syria in military vehicles Wednesday, though there was no official statement from either side that an offensive had begun. nbcnews.to/315Y8cM
@AP Turkish President Erdoğan says Turkish military operation against Kurdish and ISIS forces in northern Syria has begun; follows US president's announcement that the US would remove its forces from the area and not oppose a Turkish operation. NBCNews.com
@AP Kurdish SDF spokesperson: "Turkish warplanes have started to carry out airstrikes on civilian areas. There is a huge panic among people of the region."
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