Chris Murphy: “It seems to me that President Saied has made up his mind to move away from a success story of democracy in Tunisia…”

This should be unacceptable to every member of Congress—Republicans and Democrats—and this should be unacceptable to the American public.

I plan to see for myself the damage to American facilities, hear from our partners in the Gulf about how this war has hurt their security and their economies, and assess our regional counterterrorism efforts.

It’s important for members of the Senate to see the damage that has been done to U.S. facilities firsthand… I’m meeting with regional partners, in particular the Qataris and the Saudis, to talk about the impact of the Iran War… and to pull…

I’ve been a vocal critic of Saudi Arabia and the Crown Prince. But, I think it’s important to be here to disagree and be honest and candid about those disagreements.