"Finally, we must direct some of the unity and resolve that we and our partners have shown in this crisis toward the civilians that are in harms way."Read on Twitter
Here are other recent tweets from Ilhan Omar:
"I am heartened that the Biden Administration has included humanitarian exemptions and general licenses to the first tranche of sanctions, but I am also aware that exemptions and licenses have never been sufficient to prevent indiscriminate human suffering."Read on Twitter
"I support sanctions that are targeted at Putin, his oligarchs, and the Russian military, especially targeted at their offshore assets. But will continue to oppose broad-based sanctions that would amount to collective punishment of a Russian population that did not choose this."Read on Twitter
"We must continue to support diplomacy even as it becomes more difficult though it is becoming harder to imagine, this could still escalate to something much more devastating."Read on Twitter
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