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Marco Rubio: Mnuchin should not visit Saudi Arabia amid search for missing journalist
CNN ^ | October 14, 2018 | Devan Cole and Laura Smith-Spark

Posted on 10/15/2018 6:31:18 AM PDT by C19fan

Sen. Marco Rubio said Sunday that Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin should not attend an upcoming investment conference in Saudi Arabia amid an ongoing investigation into the country's possible involvement in the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who went missing earlier this month in Turkey.

"I don't think he should go," Rubio told CNN's Jake Tapper on "State of the Union," adding that he doesn't think any US officials should continue with their usual business in Saudi Arabia until Washington gets to the bottom of Khashoggi's disappearance. "I don't think any of our government officials should be going and pretending it's business as usual until we know exactly what's happened here," Rubio, R-Florida, said.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; US: District of Columbia; US: Florida; US: Hawaii; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: arabia; districtofcolumbia; erdogan; florida; goodriddance; hawaii; jamalkhashoggi; khashoggi; kurdistan; littlemarco; marcorubio; mnuchin; muslimbrotherhood; nevertrump; nevertrumper; nevertrumpers; nevertrumpertrolls; partisanmediashills; presstitutes; receptayyiperdogan; rubio; saudi; saudiarabia; stevenmnuchin; trumpcabinet; trumptreasury; tulsigabbard; turkey; washingtoncompost; washingtonpost
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Marcobot regurgitating neocon talking points. Khasoggi is not an American citizen so Saudi Arabia offing someone who knew too much does not concern us. A German newspaper has an article claiming Khasoggi is a member of the Muslim Brotherhood.
1 posted on 10/15/2018 6:31:18 AM PDT by C19fan
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To: C19fan

Shut-up Rubio!


2 posted on 10/15/2018 6:33:33 AM PDT by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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To: C19fan

Shut up little marco.


3 posted on 10/15/2018 6:34:14 AM PDT by boycott
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To: C19fan

I don’t think Rubio should go on CNN.


4 posted on 10/15/2018 6:35:11 AM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: C19fan

I don’t think the President needs Rubio’s advice
on how to handle this.


5 posted on 10/15/2018 6:35:13 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: C19fan

Also, that he is an agent. There is much that is not known. Until more is known, it is not yet time to be taking action. If Saudi killed a spy inside their embassy that is a lot different.

We now know that Brit spies pose as professors. A spy posing as a journalist makes great sense to me.


6 posted on 10/15/2018 6:36:22 AM PDT by xzins (Retired US Army chaplain. Support our troops by praying for their victory.)
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Rubio cant wait for his friend Romney in the senate. The two will speak together.


7 posted on 10/15/2018 6:36:30 AM PDT by Democrats hate too much
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To: C19fan
Marco Rubio cannot fathom how irrelevant he is.
8 posted on 10/15/2018 6:36:36 AM PDT by Redleg Duke (Disarming Liberals...Real Common Sense Gun Control!)
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Yeah, the next McCain/Graham/Flake cabal.


9 posted on 10/15/2018 6:37:17 AM PDT by Redleg Duke (Disarming Liberals...Real Common Sense Gun Control!)
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To: boycott

Trumps foreign policy of engage, engage and engage has worked pretty well. This old school thinking of not talking to someone until they do what you want them to do is so child like......and unproductive.


10 posted on 10/15/2018 6:37:57 AM PDT by PSUGOP
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A member of the Muslim Brotherhood is dead. That is a very good thing. We need more of it. VJ?


11 posted on 10/15/2018 6:38:44 AM PDT by FatherofFive (Islam is EVIL and needs to be eradicated)
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To: C19fan

Three words for Little Marco : GAY. FOAM. PARTY.


12 posted on 10/15/2018 6:39:32 AM PDT by EarlT357
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/src on/FDR should not helped the Soviet Union in fighting Hitler because Stalin offed Trotsky with an ice pick./src off/The US and Saudi Arabia have a common enemy in Iran. Keeping that alliance is much more important than a spy cum journalist member of the Muslim Brotherhood.


13 posted on 10/15/2018 6:42:17 AM PDT by C19fan
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To: Redleg Duke

To be countered by the McConnell/Paul/Graham Alliance!!!

Old Mitch and Lindsay each seem to have grown a pair! And they have seen just how murderous the DEMs have become, when dealing with their enemies.

They NEED Godfather TRUMP for protection!


14 posted on 10/15/2018 6:43:49 AM PDT by EarlT357
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The Saudis have spent so much money influencing politicians and the media that they have their own tent in the swamp. There are gullible Americans who actually believe and trust the 9/11 Saudis and suffer from the Stockholm Syndrome. Thankfully Trump is a street smart New Yorker and deals with the vile Saudis realistically.


15 posted on 10/15/2018 6:44:03 AM PDT by allendale (.)
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What was Marco's position on the rape and murder of a sitting Ambassador under Secretary Clinton and President Obama? Did he demand investigations and reprisals? Or shrug and let it go and accept that it was just a bunch of guys irritated by a youtube video?

But in the case of a muslim brotherhood member who was tied to Saudi intelligence he wants war.

16 posted on 10/15/2018 6:44:42 AM PDT by pepsi_junkie (Often wrong, but never in doubt!)
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Marco needs to shut up


17 posted on 10/15/2018 6:46:43 AM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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Little Marco rarely misses an opportunity to undermine our POTUS. Pathetic beyond belief. I will be “voting for my wife” should Rubio be on my ballot in 2022 and Trump not in the White House


18 posted on 10/15/2018 6:47:59 AM PDT by lodi90
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To: C19fan

Little Marco is like a gadfly. Maybe he should hook up with a cow.


19 posted on 10/15/2018 6:49:00 AM PDT by Truth29
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Marcobot regurgitating neocon talking points. Khasoggi is not an American citizen so Saudi Arabia offing someone who knew too much does not concern us.

Well, killing people is wrong. Saudi Arabia needs to find out who killed Khasoggi in their consulate and punish them. Looking at the comments, it looks like some Freepers will bash Rubio no matter what he says.

20 posted on 10/15/2018 6:50:24 AM PDT by reaganaut1
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