Political Quotes

On the recordOctober 22, 2019
last week the President of the United States gave a thumbs up to an act of ethnic cleansing.
Said by
David Cicilline
Democratic · Rhode Island

Editor's note · Context

Cicilline criticized the President's approval of Turkey's actions in Syria.

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