Demand Progress Urges Reed, Whitehouse To Vote To Stop War in Yemen
Tuesday, November 27, 2018
Demand Progress is urging Rhode Islanders to tell Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse to vote to stop the war in Yemen.
This comes as the United States Senate is set to vote this week on a War Powers Resolution, which would end President Donald Trump’s Administration’s support for Saudi Arabia’s war with Yemen.
Demand Progress has led a coalition of over a dozen organizations in support of an end to U.S. involvement in the war in Yemen through which activists have sent over than 200,000 messages to Congress this year and placed approximately 20,000 phone calls.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTThe organization is cofounded by former RI State Representative David Segal, who also served as a member of the Providence City Council and ran in the 2010 Democratic Primary for Congress in RI
Segal released the following statement:
“There is no moral or legal justification for the continued involvement of the United States in the catastrophic Saudi war against the people of Yemen -- which has put 14 million people at risk of starvation.
Through their opposition to similar legislation earlier this year, and by refusing to indicate their support for the new Lee-Sanders War Powers Resolution, Senators Reed and Whitehouse are putting themselves strikingly out of step with their Democratic Senate colleagues, the people of Rhode Island, and the moral center.
We have a chance to effectively end this human tragedy — but as of now, Reed and Whitehouse might be the votes that tilt the outcome towards the wants of the Saudi regime and Trump administration, and against the desire their constituents and the needs of the people of Yemen. We urge Rhode Islanders to call on their senators to do the right thing and support the Lee-Sanders resolution.”
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