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Rand Paul: Saudi Arabia bombed a funeral procession. There was no mistake here. There was no cloud cover. There was no growth or…

On the recordJune 13, 2017
Saudi Arabia bombed a funeral procession. There was no mistake here. There was no cloud cover. There was no growth or coppice of trees and they accidentally bombed a funeral procession. They bombed them and killed 125 civilians in a funeral. They wounded 500. This was no mistake. This was no error. This was them, pointedly dropping bombs on civilians. They put protestors in jail. They have a 17-year-old--he is now 20-- who has been in jail for 3 years. He will be beheaded and then crucified. We should not be giving these people weapons. They supported ISIS. They are on the wrong side of the war. They are the greatest purveyor of hatred for Christianity and Judaism. They do not deserve your weapons. They are going to give your weapons. They belong to the American people. They are going to give them to people who behead and crucify protesters. You can't take a Bible into Saudi Arabia. You can't visit their major cities. We can't make them be like us, but we don't have to encourage their behavior by giving them weapons that may well fall into the hands of people who are our enemies. I urge a ``no'' vote. I think we should not be selling arms to Saudi Arabia. The PRESIDING OFFICER. All time has expired. The question is on agreeing to the motion to discharge.
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Rand Paul
Republican · Kentucky
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Jun 13, 2017

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