"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
Here are other recent tweets from Ilhan Omar:
"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
"I condemn in the strongest possible terms Vladimir Putins reckless, illegal invasion of Ukraine. My thoughts are with the Ukrainian civilians who have already suffered immensely and are again suffering the brunt of this terrible conflict."Read on Twitter
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