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Senator Bernie Sanders, Vermont, joined the chorus of criticisms of President Biden’s trip to Saudi Arabia on Sunday.
When appearing on ABC’s “This Week,” Sanders was asked by co-anchor Martha Raddatz if Biden should travel to Saudi Arabia. In Saudi Arabia, the President is the energy producer and human rights of King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
“Did Biden have to go?” Radats asked Sanders.
“No, I don’t think so,” Sanders replied. “You have a leader in that country who was involved in the killing of a Washington Post journalist. I don’t think that type of government should be rewarded with a visit by the US President.”
“See, you have a family worth $ 100 billion, which shatters democracy, treats women as third-class citizens, kills enemies, and imprison them,” he added. “And if this country believes in something, we believe in human rights, we believe in democracy, and I do not believe that we should maintain a warm relationship with such a dictatorship. Hmm.”
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Instead of visiting Saudi Arabia, Mr Biden said he should increase pressure on US oil companies to stop “looting Americans.”
“If you’re currently looking at the very high cost of gas in a pump, one thing we have to look at is that Americans are currently paying $ 4.50, $ 4.80 for a gallon of gas. It’s true. Corporate profits were very high last quarter. ” “And I believe I should happen to tell oil companies to stop preying on Americans, and if they don’t, we should impose a storm profit tax on them. . “
Biden has been widely criticized by the media and members of his own party after greeting the Crown Prince with a fist bump instead of a handshake on Friday, despite having previously vowed to make the country a “paria” of human rights abuses. it was done.
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The Byden administration declassified reports last year accusing the Crown Prince of capturing or killing journalists and dissident Jamal Khashoggi, the contributors to the Washington Post, who were killed in 2018 by Saudi security officials. did.
Biden said he had filed a murder of Khashoggi during a conversation with the Crown Prince, but Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan al-Saud denied hearing the conversation.