'He could help, literally by the stroke of his pen, save millions of lives from possible famine.'
From left, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., and House Rules Committee Chair James McGovern, D-Mass., speak to reporters after the House voted to end American involvement in the Yemen war, rebuffing the Trump administration's support for the Saudi-led military campaign, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, April 4, 2019, though President Trump is expected to veto it.
The letter requests a meeting with Trump at his"earliest convenience" to discuss the resolution. It was signed by Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna, Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz, Democratic Rep. Mark Pocan, Democratic Rep. Pramila Jayapal, Republican Rep. Thomas Massie, Democratic Rep. Barbara Lee, Republican Sen. Mike Lee, Republican Sen. Rand Paul, and Sen.The resolution, which was sponsored by Sanders, passed in the Senate in March and went on to pass in the House on Thursday.
The letter taps into Trump's anti-interventionist rhetoric he engaged both during his campaign and presidency, making the case ending US involvement in Yemen will align with his condemnation of"a bipartisan tendency to be drawn into costly and never-ending conflicts across the globe and its devastating impacts for American service members and taxpayers."
"Our hope is just that he will take a meeting. I'm convinced if we have a meeting with him that we'll be able to convince him to sign this," Khanna said, contending the presence of Paul and Gaetz, two Trump allies, would buoy the effort.
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