DES MOINES, Iowa -- Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, the first female combat veteran to run for President, called President Trump’s recent comments and policy toward Saudi Arabia a “betrayal” of the men and women serving in the armed forces, the American people and our Constitution. Rep. Gabbard released the following statement.
“President Trump yesterday offered to place our military—my brothers and sisters in uniform—under the command of Prince Mohammad Bin Salman, the dictator of the Islamist Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Mr. President, as you know, I have never engaged in hateful rhetoric against you or your family, and I never will. But your offering our military assets to the dictator of Saudi Arabia to use as he sees fit, is a betrayal of my brothers and sisters in uniform who are ready to put our lives on the line for our country—not for the Islamist dictator of Saudi Arabia.
For you to think that you can pimp out our proud men and women in uniform to the Prince of Saudi Arabia is disgraceful and once again shows that you are unfit to be the commander-in-chief.
As a member of Congress and as a soldier, I and all of my brothers and sisters in uniform have taken an oath to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States of America, and nothing in our Constitution gives you the power to go to war without the express consent of Congress, what to speak of giving you the power to offer our military to a foreign power like the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to use as they wish.
In short, your words and actions are a betrayal of my brothers and sisters in uniform, the American people, and our Constitution. I and my fellow service members are not your prostitutes. You are not our pimp.”
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