Matt Gaetz SHOCKS After Surprising Opposition Unveiled

Matt Gaetz makes a surprising call to align with progressives, including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, over ending the occupation of Syria with new bill. John Iadarola and Jayar Jackson break it down on The Damage Report.

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MATT GAETZ, PROGRESSIVE CAUCUS, AND FORMER OBAMA AMBASSADOR TEAM UP TO OPPOSE SYRIA OCCUPATION

"THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION’S ambassador to Syria, a leading voice in favor of aggressively confronting the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad at the time, is now backing an effort by Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., to force U.S. withdrawal from the country within 180 days.

Robert Ford argues in a letter to Congress in support of Gaetz’s legislation that the U.S. mission has no clear objective. “After more than eight years of military operations in Syria there is no definition of what the ‘enduring’ defeat of ISIS would look like,” Ford writes in the letter, which was obtained by The Intercept and confirmed as authentic by Ford. “We owe our soldiers serving there in harm’s way a serious debate about whether their mission is, in fact, achievable.”

On Tuesday evening, the Congressional Progressive Caucus, or CPC, circulated a message to its membership urging a yes vote, producing a serious bipartisan coalition. “This measure to remove unauthorized deployment of U.S. Armed Forces in Syria unless a specific statutory authorization is enacted within six months is largely consistent with previous bipartisan efforts led by CPC Members to terminate such unauthorized military presence within one year, for which 130 House Democrats voted yes last year,” read the message to members."

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