{"id":1072687,"date":"2021-12-01T13:14:54","date_gmt":"2021-12-01T18:14:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1072687"},"modified":"2021-12-01T13:14:57","modified_gmt":"2021-12-01T18:14:57","slug":"democrat-sen-bob-menendez-decries-state-dept-farc-delisting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-sen-bob-menendez-decries-state-dept-farc-delisting\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrat Sen. Bob Menendez decries State Dept. FARC delisting"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocrat-sen-bob-menendez-decries-state-dept-farc-delisting%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1072687&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2598804\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2598804\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, listens to a question while speaking in Garwood, New Jersey, March 23, 2015. (AP\/Mel Evans, File)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 8:57 AM PT \u2013 Wednesday, December 1, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>A top Senate Democrat is taking aim at the U.S. State Department for its move to take far-left Colombian militant group FARC off the list of terrorist organizations. During a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foreign.senate.gov\/hearings\/watch?hearingid=05902EF2-5056-A066-60E4-3AD1045A9320\">hearing<\/a> Tuesday, Sen. Bob Menendez (R-N.J.) grilled U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, Brian Nichols on the matter.<\/p>\n<p>Menendez, who chairs the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, took issue with the fact that the Biden administration did not contact Congress to discuss delisting the organization. Instead, the New Jersey Democrat lamented he and his colleagues were told of the move from outside reports.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>\u201cThat is not what I consider consultation and the lack of getting that type of consultation creates problems, so I hope we don\u2019t relive it again,\u201d stated the senator.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>FARC has been linked to mass killings, kidnappings and displacement of millions of Colombians who they deemed political dissidents since the 1960s. Several Republican lawmakers such as Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) have pushed back on the groups delisting.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u201cBiden has delisted <\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-b88u0q r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">FARC<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> as a terrorist organization,\u201d noted the Texas senator. \u201cThis is exactly the appeasement he showed when he delisted the Iran-controlled Houthis, which led to violence and catastrophe. The same thing will happen with the <\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-b88u0q r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">FARC<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) also chimed in while taking to Twitter promptly after the Biden administration\u2019s decision.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Joe Biden&#8217;s decision to legitimize the Marxist terror group FARC paves the way for Castrochavismo in Colombia and is a slap in the face to Colombian-Americans.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovRonDeSantis\/status\/1463635417505353733?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 24, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In 2016, FARC leaders and the Colombian government agreed to a ceasefire and have both been reportedly keeping their ends of the peace deal. The State Department\u2019s move Tuesday commemorates the fifth anniversary of the agreement.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/fla-doctor-says-natural-immunity-will-fight-off-omicron-variant\/\">Fla. Doctor Says Natural Immunity Will Fight Off Omicron Variant<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, listens to a question while speaking in Garwood, New Jersey, March 23, 2015. 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