WASHINGTON — Sen. Rand Paul is preparing a motion to oppose President Joe Biden’s sale of weapons to Saudi Arabia, a longtime strategic ally of the U.S. despite a long record of repression and human rights violations.
“A message needs to be sent to Saudi Arabia that we don’t approve of their war in Yemen,” Paul said in a statement to McClatchy.
Earlier this month, the Biden administration approved the sale of 280 missiles worth $650 million to the Middle Eastern kingdom to aid its defense against attacks from Yemen, which has been at war with Saudi Arabia since 2015.
