Today’s Action: Demand Congressional response to Yemen – vote expected this week

The Senate has once again taken up the human rights atrocities and U.S. military involvement in Yemen, and the vote is expected this week. But unlike the last round of debate, this time many Republicans have turned against Trump — so this may be our best chance to make the change we want to see.

Trump has blanket-denied the CIA’s findings that the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was directly responsible for the death of Washington Post journalist and permanent American resident Jamal Khashoggi. The president has continued his praise AND weapons supply for the regime responsible for 13 million Yemenis facing starvation. Why? Well, possibly due to his own private business interests in Saudi Arabia.

And amidst national and international outcry for this willful blindness, enough GOP Senators are finally willing to join Democrats and have a conversation about it. And we have some very specific demands to make (thank you to the good people of ACLU!):

The vote could be tomorrow. Call or email your Members of Congress and demand the following (be specific and feel free to read this off when you call):

1. End U.S. support of Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen, including eliminating refuelling of Saudi aircrafts, military advice, and information.
2. Eliminate all U.S. use of force in Yemen, including any actions “justified” under the Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF)

Saudi Arabia’s brutal warfare against Yemen is being called the worst humanitarian crisis of our time — and the United States is both fuelling their weapons and contributing to the killings. But if Trump won’t speak up against the death of one journalist, he absolutely won’t stop this deadly supply chain without political pressure. Now that the Senate is voting again, it’s important that we have a say in that conversation.

Call your Senators with the above demands — and call the House, too, to get them warmed up to do the right thing in the new year.