14 GOP Reps Refuse To Condemn Coup In Myanmar

The Washington Post reports:

Fourteen House Republicans voted Friday against a bipartisan resolution condemning the military coup in Myanmar and calling for the release of all those detained.

In February, the military seized control and detained leader Aung San Suu Kyi and members of her National League for Democracy, resulting in U.S. sanctions and bipartisan calls in Congress for the military to release the civilian political leaders.

The resolution condemns the coup and says the House “stands with the people of Burma in their ambition for sustainable peace, a genuine democracy, and the realization of human rights for all, including for ethnic minorities whose human rights have been violated repeatedly and who have been disenfranchised historically.”

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14 House Republicans voted against a resolution condemning the military coup in Myanmar, per @kristin__wilson:
Lauren Boebert
Andy Biggs
Matt Gaetz
Tom Massie
Ken Buck
Mary Miller
Chip Roy
Jodey Hice
Alex Mooney
Scott Perry
Andy Harris
Ted Budd
Barry Moore
Marjorie Taylor Greene

— Manu Raju (@mkraju) March 19, 2021

The Fascist Caucus

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