SEN. HELLER’S MISH-MASH PRESS RELEASE ON SYRIA MISSILE STRIKE LEAVES VOTERS CONF– USED

Senator Heller issued a press release in response to President Trump’s missile strike against Syria. The press release sounded like Sen. Heller supports the “Military Strike” but nowhere in the statement does he actually come out and say he supports the “Military Strike.” What Heller doesn’t say is far more telling than what he actually said.

Nowhere in the press release did Heller say he either supported or opposed the Air Strike. He said he left the decisions up to “our military experts”. And Heller did not demand Congress vote to authorize President Trump to take further action as many in Congress have said publicly. But Heller sounded tough when he stated “The horrific atrocities committed by the Assad regime are not only inhumane, but also a blatant violation of international law”. 

Following the Missile Strike everyone in Congress issued a press release because they were expected to.

WASHINGTON, D.C.  – Representative Ruben J. Kihuen issued the statement below following President Trump’s missile strike on Syrian forces in response to gas attacks on civilians:

“The use of chemical weapons on the Syrian people by President Assad is unacceptable and we should take steps to deter these atrocities from occurring. However, President Trump’s previous statements leave me with serious concerns about the United States’ long-term strategy in Syria. President Trump must come before Congress and lay out his vision for defeating ISIS and stabilizing the Middle East. The United States needs to work alongside the international community and with allies in the region to prevent President Assad from destabilizing his country and harming the people of the Syria.”

Congressman Ruben Kihuen said in his press release, he supports actions to defeat ISiS and “deter atrocities” and wants President Trump to come before Congress and layout his plan.

Congresswoman Jacky Rosen said

“Any and all actions by the President following tonight’s military response must be done in consultation with Congress.  I believe that it is necessary for Congress to pass a new Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) for any further military action targeting the Assad regime.  

Rosen was very clear in her support for Trumps missile strike but wants Congress to vote on a bill giving him more authority to act.

But Sen. Heller’s bland, vanilla, say nothing, take no actual position, non-committal press release was the quintessential political double speak the American people said in the last election we were sick of. Heller is clearly paralyzed in fear and refuses to take any real position with a tough re-election coming up next year.