Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), a socialist, and Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), a libertarian, rarely agree on anything.
Except when it comes to U.S. arms sales to Saudi Arabia amid the latter’s actions in Yemen, where there is a humanitarian crisis in a country controlled by the Iran-backed Houthis.
“We are complicit. We are arming the Saudis and allowing this to happen. Offensive, defensive, they shouldn’t get any of our weapons,” said Paul on the Senate floor on Tuesday. “We should stop selling them any weapons until they stop starving the country of Yemen.”
Sanders, also on the Senate floor, said, “I find myself in the somewhat uncomfortable and unusual position of agreeing with Senator Paul.”
He continued, “And let me thank him and Senator [Mike] Lee for their hard work in reclaiming Congress’s congressional war powers, another very important issue. The understanding that it is Congress that has the constitutional responsibility to authorize war, not the president, should in fact transcend partisan disagreements.”
On Tuesday, a resolution to block U.S. arms to Saudi Arabia failed, 67-30.
Watch above via C-SPAN.