Bernie Sanders made his mark in the 2016 presidential election talking about millionaires and billionaires, not Houthis and the 1973 War Powers Act.
But, two years later, foreign policy is something the Vermont independent has focused on quite a bit, including taking the lead on a recent Senate resolution demanding the withdrawal of U.S. military support for Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen.
“Today, we tell the despotic regime in Saudi Arabia that we will not be part of their military adventurism,” said Sanders, a co-sponsor of the resolution, from the well of the Senate shortly before its passage.
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