White House asked Lindsey Graham to block Armenian genocide resolution (via axios)
when, right after clashing with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in a heated Oval Office meeting on Nov. 13, Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham hurried back to the Senate floor and did something that likely delighted Erdoğan. Graham blocked a resolution that would have formally recognized Turkey's genocide of the Armenian people.Graham had just scolded Erdoğan over his invasion of Syria and attacks on the Kurds, according to sources in the room.
"I said sure," Graham said. "The only reason I did it is because he [Erdoğan] was still in town ... That would've been poor timing. I'm trying to salvage the relationship if possible." "Senator Perdue objected due to concerns that passage of the resolution would jeopardize the sensitive negotiations going on in the region with Turkey and other allies," said a Perdue spokesperson.The Trump administration is pushing Turkey to give up its Russian-made S-400 air defense system. While they're negotiating, they're trying to block Congress from calling out Turkey's human rights atrocities.
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