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On the recordJune 11, 2019
I think that having an American citizen go into an Saudi embassy in Istanbul and disappearing is troubling and that MBS has a troubled record with regards to women's right, dissidents in that nation, and that we are dealing with a thug. We are arming a street thug and that we should be ashamed of that.
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Adriano Espaillat
Democratic · New York

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Espaillat criticizes U.S. arms sales to Saudi Arabia, calling MBS a thug and highlighting human rights issues.

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