- Republicans, Liz Cheney and NYT team up to stop Hitler... Archived Message
Posted by Sir Michael Mouse
on December 9, 2020, 5:20 pm
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..from withdrawing troops from Afghanistan. https://www.zerohedge.com/political/house-passes-ndaa-veto-proof-majority-face-trump-threats 'Ahead of the vote, President Trump wrote on Twitter: "I hope House Republicans will vote against the very weak National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which I will VETO. Must include a termination of Section 230 (for National Security purposes), preserve our National Monuments, & allow for 5G & troop reductions in foreign lands!" Out of the 196 Republicans in the House, 140 voted in favor of the bill. Rep. Liz Cheney (D-WY), who crafted the amendment to block the Afghanistan withdrawal, commented on the NDAA on Monday. "We ought to pass the NDAA and the president should not veto it. And we should override it," she said. The amendment was proposed after The New York Times published a thinly-sourced story that claimed Russia paid bounties to the Taliban to kill US troops in Afghanistan, a claim that was never substantiated.' |
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