Arm sales

American leaders should not be giving the most advanced lethal arms to dictators who murder dissidents and starve civilian populations. Period.

Pamela, Donald Trump just announced plans to sell F-35 jets―some of the most advanced military technology in the world―to Saudi Arabian dictator Mohammed bin Salman (MBS). Congress can stop this by announcing plans to introduce a Joint Resolution of Disapproval. The time to act is now, and they need to hear our voices to do it. Trump wants to sell our deadliest weaponry to the same dictator who ordered the murder and dismemberment of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi, and who has killed tens of thousands of civilians in Yemen while maintaining a blockade that has starved millions more. Tell Congress: Pass a resolution of disapproval to BLOCK Trump's sales of F-35 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia! Saudi Arabia has never been fully investigated for its potential role in the September 11 attacks, and the regime carries out some of the highest numbers of executions of dissidents in the world. They have no elections, no democratic rights, and no real legitimacy of any kind. The U.S. has spent decades paying lip service to democracy to justify regime change wars, so it is beyond hypocrisy for the U.S. to sell its most advanced jets to one of the least democratic and most repressive regimes on earth. American leaders should not be giving the most advanced lethal arms to dictators who murder dissidents and starve civilian populations. Period. But Trump and his administration want to deepen ties with MBS's brutal regime, potentially even including a mutual defense pact. This F-35 sale would be the first step toward a commitment to put American lives and resources on the line to defend the Saudi dictatorship. Trump and his family members, like Jared Kushner, are directly financially entangled with the Saudi regime as it attempts to buy their loyalty and sway U.S. policy in the region. Congress needs to check this corrupt cycle and stop the Saudi regime from reaping major rewards from this arrangement. Take Action today! Saudi Arabia was widely condemned for bombing Yemeni civilian infrastructure with the jets and missiles we already gave them. We should not be selling them jets that are even more lethal. We should be demanding that Saudi Arabia sign a real peace deal to permanently end their aggression against Yemen and fund reconstruction for the destruction they caused. A Joint Resolution of Disapproval (JRD) is Congress's most effective tool to check Trump on arms sales to Saudi Arabia. Congress has 30 days to pass a JRD to block a weapons transfer after receiving notification of a sale from the State Department. Senate JRDs can move through a fast-tracked, expedited process and go straight to the floor for a vote without the approval of Senate Republican leadership, as Senator Sanders' JRDs on weapons sales to Israel did earlier this year. Send a message to your Senators today and demand that they block the sale of advanced F-35 Jets to the Saudi dictatorship! Thank you, Mike Phelan Progress America Paid for by Progress America, a project of Strategy & Hustle   Sent via ActionNetwork.org. To update your email address, change your name or address, or to stop receiving emails from Progress America, please click here.