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GOP Rep. Thomas Massie stuns with 'disgraceful' remarks on Syria, Assad

Welp, it looks like Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard has at least one Republican counterpart who doesn’t publicly hold Bashar al-Assad responsible for the latest chemical weapons attack against innocent Syrian civilians:

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“Frankly, I don’t think Assad would have done that,” Massie said. “It does not serve his interests.”

When a visibly stunned Bolduan pressed Massie on who — if not Assad — may be responsible for the attack, Massie seemed to suggest that the incident could have been unintentional.

“You’ve got a war going on over there,” Massie said. “Supposedly that airstrike was on an ammo dump, and so I don’t know if it was released because there was gas stored in the ammo dump or not — that’s plausible.”

https://twitter.com/NoahCRothman/status/849723129253560322

Oh.

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https://twitter.com/GrantGambling/status/849721445320208384

Massie may have royally stepped in it here.

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‘Shame on you!’ Dem Rep. Tulsi Gabbard’s condemnation of Syrian attacks rings hollow

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