WASHINGTON, D.C. – The lawmaker representing Eastern Washington’s 5th Congressional District is backing President Trump’s move to kill Iranian Gen. Qasem Soleimani.
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Spokane, called Soleimani a “terrorist who actively aided and supported groups like Hezbollah and Hamas.”
“President Trump’s action sends an important message to those who wish to do us harm,” the congresswoman said. “This decisive strike was a defensive action against imminent threats and plans to attack more Americans and allies.
On President Trump’s orders, Soleimani was targeted and killed in a drone attack last Friday, Jan. 3, in Baghdad, Iraq. The drone strike followed the killing of a U.S. contractor in Iraq and the attack on a U.S. embassy in Iran.
The president said the attack also came as Soleimani was planning another attack on U.S. diplomats and military personnel.
“Soleimani was plotting imminent and sinister attacks on diplomats and military personnel. But we caught him, and terminated him...,” Trump said in a video released on his Twitter feed Friday, Jan. 3. “We took action last night to stop a war. We did not take action to start a war.”
Trump said the world is a safer place with Soleimani eliminated.
“I support our commander-in-chief,” McMorris Rodgers said.
McMorris Rodgers represents the 5th Congressional District, which includes Spokane Valley, Cheney, Pullman, Colfax, Asotin and other areas.
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