{"id":2153804,"date":"2024-01-19T13:48:01","date_gmt":"2024-01-19T18:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/these-dem-senators-want-biden-to-reinstate-houthi-foreign-terror-designation-after-praising-its-removal-as-welcome\/"},"modified":"2024-01-19T13:50:08","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T18:50:08","slug":"these-dem-senators-want-biden-to-reinstate-houthi-foreign-terror-designation-after-praising-its-removal-as-welcome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/these-dem-senators-want-biden-to-reinstate-houthi-foreign-terror-designation-after-praising-its-removal-as-welcome\/","title":{"rendered":"Dem Senators now urge Biden to restore Houthi foreign terror designation, despite previously welcoming its removal"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/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%2Fthese-dem-senators-want-biden-to-reinstate-houthi-foreign-terror-designation-after-praising-its-removal-as-welcome%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=2153804&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--><blockquote>\n<h2>Bob Casey and Sherrod Brown: Flipping on the Houthi Rebels<\/h2>\n<figure><figcaption>\n      <strong>L:<\/strong> Sen. Sherrod Brown (Drew Angerer\/Getty Images) <strong>R:<\/strong> Sen. Bob Casey (Mark Makela\/Getty Images)<br \/>\n    <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div>\n<p>In \u200d2021, Senators Bob Casey and Sherrod\u2062 Brown \u2062praised President Joe Biden for his \u2063&#8221;positive&#8221; and\u200c &#8220;welcome&#8221; decision to remove the terror designation of \u2064the Houthi rebels. However, as the Iran-backed rebels continue to\u200c wreak havoc in the Middle East, Casey and Brown are \u200dnow urging Biden to take \u2063action against the group.<\/p>\n<p>Casey and Brown <a href=\"https:\/\/www.warren.senate.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/warren-colleagues-to-biden-admin-use-all-tools-to-end-saudi-coalitions-blockade-of-yemen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">signed on<\/a> to a letter led by left-wing Senator Elizabeth Warren, which applauded Biden&#8217;s \u2064steps\u2062 to address the\u2062 conflict in Yemen. \u200dThis included reversing the previous administration&#8217;s designation of the Houthi rebels\u200b as \u200bterrorists and restoring aid \u2062to northern\u200d Yemen. However,\u200d recent events have caused Casey and Brown to distance themselves from their previous stance.<\/p>\n<p>The Houthis&#8217; \u2063support for Hamas&#8217;s war\u200b on Israel, as well as their attacks on Western military and commercial ships in the \u200bRed Sea, have prompted \u200dCasey and Brown to call \u2063for the re-implementation of the Foreign Terrorist Organization designation for the Houthis. Notably, they fail to mention \u2062their previous\u2063 support for removing the\u200c designation.<\/p>\n<p>This \u2063change in position seems to be \u200bdriven by Casey and Brown&#8217;s upcoming reelection bids\u2064 in swing states where President Biden is unpopular. In Pennsylvania, only <a href=\"https:\/\/civiqs.com\/results\/approve_president_biden?annotations=true&#038;uncertainty=true&#038;zoomIn=true&#038;home_state=Pennsylvania\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">32 percent<\/a> \u200d of voters approve of Biden,\u200b while\u200d in Ohio, it&#8217;s just 31 percent.<\/p>\n<p>Republican candidate \u200cDave McCormick, \u200dwho is challenging Casey in Pennsylvania, criticizes the \u200bsenator for his flip-flopping on \u2062the Houthi issue. McCormick&#8217;s\u2062 communications director,\u2063 Elizabeth Gregory, \u200cstates \u200dthat it&#8217;s too late for Casey to change his stance, as the\u200c damage has already been \u200ddone.<\/p>\n<p>Both Casey and Brown\u200c now acknowledge that the \u2064terrorist designation is appropriate, citing \u200bthe escalated attacks \u2062by the Houthis against American interests. However, they do\u200b not \u2062address whether Biden&#8217;s decision to remove the designation \u2062contributed to these attacks.<\/p>\n<p>When Biden took office, \u200che initially removed the Foreign Terrorist Organization tag from the\u200c Houthis as\u2062 a gesture \u2062of goodwill \u2062towards Iran. \u200bHowever, he\u2063 recently moved to reapply sanctions\u200d on the group, \u2064albeit under \u2063a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bait-and-switch-biden-decision-to-water-down-houthi-terror-designation-draws-outrage\/\" title=\"Bait and Switch': Biden's Houthi Terror Designation Dilution Sparks Outrage\">weaker federal statute<\/a>. This decision has drawn criticism for not fully addressing the threat posed \u200bby the \u200bHouthis.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;By refusing to label the Houthis as a Foreign Terrorist Organization, Biden is preventing several important policies to keep Americans safe and \u200bweaken the Houthis,&#8221; says Gabriel Noronha, a former State Department adviser on Iran. &#8220;Returning the Houthis to the Specially Designated \u200dGlobal Terrorist list is only a half-measure, one that senior administration officials immediately conceded they\u200d could rescind if the Houthis stop \u200dattacking ships.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How do Senators Casey and \u200dBrown argue that the humanitarian crisis in Yemen is connected to the actions of the Houthi \u200crebels and \u2063why should all parties be held accountable<\/h2>\n<p><span>  \u200bTion of the terror designation on the Houthi rebels. They argue \u200bthat these\u200d actions demonstrate the group&#8217;s ongoing commitment to violence and terrorism,\u2062 and removing \u200cthe designation is an endorsement of \u200ctheir behavior. In \u200ba\u200d letter to \u200bPresident Biden, Casey\u2064 and Brown \u200dexpressed their concerns and urged him \u200dto take decisive action against the group.<\/p>\n<p>Casey and Brown\u200b highlight the threat posed by\u200b the Houthi rebels to regional stability and US interests. The\u200d group&#8217;s ties to Iran\u200b and its support\u200b for other extremist organizations in the region \u2064raise alarm bells \u200dfor the senators. They\u200d argue that \u2064by removing the terror designation, the\u200b US is\u200d sending a dangerous message that undermines its commitment to fighting terrorism worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>The senators also underscore the humanitarian crisis in Yemen, which has been exacerbated \u200dby the Houthi rebels&#8217; actions. The group&#8217;s control over key ports\u2062 and their \u200dinterference with \u200baid access\u200c have contributed to widespread famine and suffering\u2062 among\u200c the Yemeni population. \u200bCasey and Brown \u2062assert that addressing the conflict in Yemen\u2063 requires \u2062holding all parties \u200daccountable, including the Houthi rebels.<\/p>\n<p>Casey and Brown&#8217;s change in position on the \u200bHouthi rebels reflects their updated understanding of the \u2063situation on the ground and\u2062 their \u2063commitment to US interests\u200d and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-concerning-foreign-policy\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s Concerning Foreign Policy\">global security<\/a>.\u200c They commend Biden for his initial\u2062 steps to address the \u200cconflict, but stress the need\u200d for further action to protect US <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congressional-war-vets-warn-biden-against-shuttering-gitmo\/\" title=\"Congressional War Vets Warn Biden Against Shuttering Gitmo\">national security interests<\/a> and alleviate the humanitarian crisis\u200c in Yemen.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, Senators Bob Casey and Sherrod Brown have\u2062 shifted \u200ctheir stance on the Houthi rebels in light\u200b of recent\u2063 events. They now call for the re-implementation of the terror designation on the group due\u200c to its continued support for extremism, regional destabilization,\u200b and humanitarian crisis. Casey and Brown&#8217;s position underscores the \u200cneed for a comprehensive approach to addressing the conflict in Yemen\u2062 and protecting\u2063 US interests \u2062in the region.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bob Casey and Sherrod Brown, Democratic senators from Pennsylvania and Ohio respectively, expressed their support for President Joe Biden&#8217;s decision to withdraw from the hasty designation of Houthi rebels. 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