Rubio Says It’s Worth ‘Blowing Up’ Saudi Relationship

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) told CNN that the United States will lose its credibility on human rights if it does not take action against Saudi Arabia after the apparent death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

Said Rubio: “Well, I can tell you that human rights is worth blowing that up and luring someone into a consulate where they’re there by murdered, dismembered and disposed of is a big deal. By the way, this happens to be a green card holder of the United States and — who had been a journalist, but he could have been, you know, a maintenance worker at The Washington Post, it wouldn’t have mattered. It’s a human being whose life was taken by a direct act of a foreign government by luring him into a diplomatic facility in a third country. I mean any one of those factors is bad. Put them all together and it’s catastrophic.”

He added: “And as far as arms sales are concerned, it’s not the money.”

Meanwhile, Reuters reports that Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) accused Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of ordering the murder and called him a “wrecking ball” who is jeopardizing relations with the United States.