“In hindsight, the shutdown didn’t help us. You have to ignore reality to say anything different. It didn’t help us. The deal we ended up with now is worse than we had before the shutdown.”
— Rep. Chris Stewart (R-UT), in an interview on CNN.
GOP Lawmaker Says ‘Journalists Disappear’ All the Time
Rep. Chris Stewart (R-UT) defended President Trump’s decision to stand by Saudi Arabia despite overwhelming evidence that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was behind the murder of U.S.-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi, CNN reports.
Said Stewart: “We have to have to have a relationship with some players that we don’t agree with. Journalists disappear all over the country. 20 journalists have been killed in Mexico. You don’t think it happens in Turkey and China? Of course it does. And yet we have to have a relationship with these individuals, or with these countries.”
Lawmaker Who Compared Trump to Mussolini Backs Him
Rep. Chris Stewart (R-UT), who once compared Donald Trump to a fascist dictator and called on him to step aside, now plans to vote for him, the St. George News reports.
Said Stewart: “It is very clear that Donald Trump is a better choice than Hillary Clinton.”
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