Former Vice President Joe BidenJoe BidenHillicon Valley: Biden calls on Facebook to change political speech rules | Dems demand hearings after Georgia election chaos | Microsoft stops selling facial recognition tech to police Trump finalizing executive order calling on police to use ‘force with compassion’ The Hill’s Campaign Report: Biden campaign goes on offensive against Facebook MORE, a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, is calling for an end to U.S. support for Saudi Arabia’s military campaign in Yemen as part of his first major policy proposals released since launching his campaign.
“Vice President Biden believes it is past time to end U.S. support for the war in Yemen and cancel the blank check the Trump administration has given Saudi Arabia for its conduct of that war,” Biden campaign spokesman Andrew Bates told The Washington Post’s Josh Rogin. “He urges Congress to override President TrumpDonald John TrumpSenate advances public lands bill in late-night vote Warren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases Esper orders ‘After Action Review’ of National Guard’s role in protests MORE’s veto.”
The entire Senate Democratic caucus and several Republicans have already passed a resolution spearheaded by Sen. Bernie SandersBernie SandersThe Hill’s 12:30 Report: Milley apologizes for church photo-op Harris grapples with defund the police movement amid veep talk Biden courts younger voters — who have been a weakness MORE (I-Vt.) calling for the U.S. to pull its backing from the military campaign.
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The Senate, which passed the measure with 54 votes, is scheduled to vote Thursday on whether to override President Trump’s veto of the measure.
Efforts to pull back U.S. assistance to the Saudis gained support following the killing of Washington Post columnist and U.S. resident Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi Consulate in Turkey last October.
Khashoggi’s slaying put a renewed spotlight on what critics of Saudi Arabia say is the country’s history of human rights violations.
“My doubts are that there’s very little sense of rule of law, respect for human rights, dignity,” Biden said of the Saudi government in a recent interview with CBS. “The allegations that are made so far … are not inconsistent with the way the kingdom would act.”
Two of Biden’s competitors for the Democratic Party’s nomination, Sanders and Sen. Elizabeth WarrenElizabeth WarrenWarren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases OVERNIGHT DEFENSE: Joint Chiefs chairman says he regrets participating in Trump photo-op | GOP senators back Joint Chiefs chairman who voiced regret over Trump photo-op | Senate panel approves 0B defense policy bill Trump on collision course with Congress over bases with Confederate names MORE (D-Mass.), have long criticized the Saudi government and the U.S. relationship with the nation.
Sanders, who has averaged second to Biden in most polls, is seeking to draw distinctions between himself and Biden on foreign policy, noting in a CNN interview Monday that he opposed the war in Iraq while Biden supported it.
A spokesperson for Biden’s campaign declined to comment.
–Updated 3:53 p.m.