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On the recordNovember 20, 2025
Mohammed bin Salman's visit to Washington this week has been a disgrace to American democracy. The President of the United States scolded a reporter as insubordinate and then tried to explain away bin Salman's central role in the grisly murder of Jamal Khashoggi, The Washington Post journalist, who was ambushed in Istanbul, strangled, drawn and quartered, and dismembered by bin Salman's 15-member security detail, according to U.S. intelligence. Mr. Speaker, our Constitution overthrew kings. It opposes cruel and unusual punishment. It bans titles of nobility, and yet the President's foolish actions will embolden vicious monarchs, autocrats, and theocrats all over the world. This warm welcome dishonors the Constitution and the American people. We must be doing a lot better than this.
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Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland

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Condemning Mohammed bin Salman's visit to Washington and its implications for American democracy.

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