U.S House voted to condemn Trump over U.S Troops withdrawal from Syria
Listen to this article129 House Republicans broke ranks and voted Wednesday to rebuke decision. The move came minutes before a small group of key lawmakers was scheduled to discuss the sudden withdrawal of all U.S troops from northern Syria with President Donald Trump. The Republicans crossed party lines and vote with Democrats to condemn the overseas directive showed the overwhelming bipartisan opposition and frustration with Trump for wanting to remove personnel from the Middle Eastern region as Turkey takes military action against Syrian Kurdish forces. It is noteworthy that the Kurds were American allies for years in an effort to eradicate ISIS from Syria. The final vote was 354-60, with all of the no votes coming from Republicans.
Top party members voted for the measure, including Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, Minority Whip Steve Scalise, Republican Conference Chairwoman Liz Cheney, GOP Policy Committee Chairman Gary Palmer, and Rep. Michael McCaul. Some of the Republicans who voted for the bipartisan joint resolution were part of that small group consisting of Democratic and GOP lawmakers from both chambers who met with Trump at the White House regarding the withdrawal of U.S troops. But the meeting quickly went off the rails, with Democrats alleging a derogatory Trump of causing it to implode with a meltdown.
The U.S House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the White House abruptly canceled an all-member classified briefing on the situation in Syria as it was scheduled for Thursday. The Senate is expected to consider the same resolution in the near future and urge Trump to reverse the course. The GOP-controlled chamber has also expressed bipartisan condemnation. Lawmakers have also expressed a willingness to impose additional sanctions on Turkey. Some said those imposed by the White House weren’t stronger. The resolution says an abrupt withdrawal of U.S troops will benefit the governments of adversary nations, including Syria, Iran, and Russia. Trump downplayed Turkey’s invasion of Syria and railed against the United States’ Kurdish allies.
