September 26, 2017.
Washington, DC – I kēia lā, ʻo Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) Co-Chair Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ) a me Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI) me CPC Peace and Security Taskforce Chair Rep. Barbara Lee a me Korean War veteran Rep. John Conyers Ua hoʻopuka ʻo Jr. i kēia ʻōlelo e pili ana i ka pilikia o ka piʻi ʻana o nā hoʻoweliweli ma waena o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a me North Korea:
"ʻO ka ʻōlelo hoʻomāinoino a Pelekikena Trump iā North Korea he mea weliweli a pōʻino. Pono ʻo Pelekikena Trump e hoʻohaʻahaʻa i nā ʻāʻī a e ʻimi koke i kahi hopena diplomatic e pale ai i ka pilikia mai ka piʻi ʻana o ka mana.
"Ua ʻike mākou ʻaʻohe hopena kaua ma North Korea. Eia kekahi, ʻo ka mana e haʻi aku i ke kaua - a i ʻole e hana i kekahi hoʻouka kaua mua - aia me Congress. Pono ka Pelekikena Trump a me kāna mau kākā'ōlelo e mahalo i ka mana kumukānāwai o ka'aha'ōlelo e paio a koho balota i nā hana kaua. Ke koi nei mākou iā Pelekikena Trump e hoʻohaʻahaʻa i kāna ʻōlelo hoʻomāinoino loa a pale i ka hoʻoweliweli ʻana i ke ola o nā pūʻali koa US a me nā ʻohana, a me nā miliona o ka poʻe hala ʻole ma ka Korean Peninsula a ma ka ʻāina.
"ʻO ka diplomacy a me nā kamaʻilio pololei ʻo ia ka mea hana mua i ka pūʻali koa o ke aupuni US e hoʻoponopono i nā hakakā o ka honua, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā hopena hiki ʻole ke noʻonoʻo ʻia o ka haunaele ma waena o nā mana nuklea ʻelua. ʻO ka United Nations Charter, ka mea a ka US i pūlima ai a hoʻopaʻa ʻia, koi ʻia e 'nā lālā a pau ... e hōʻole i kā lākou pilina honua mai ka hoʻoweliweli a hoʻohana ʻana paha i ka ikaika,' kahi mea a Pelekikena Trump i kūʻē mau ai. ʻO ka ʻōlelo hoʻomāinoino a Pelekikena Trump a kamaʻilio e pili ana i ka 'hoʻopau loa' i kahi ʻāina o 25 miliona mau kānaka ʻaʻohe mea ʻē aʻe ma mua o ka hānai ʻana i ka huhū a me ka paʻa ʻole o ka dictator o North Korea.
"ʻO ka ʻōlelo hou loa mai Pyongyang ua haʻi aku ʻo Pelekikena Trump i ke kaua ma ka ʻāina, me ka waiho ʻana iā ia iho i nā 'koho a pau' e pane ai, he mea hopohopo nui a hōʻike i ka wikiwiki o ke kaua o nā huaʻōlelo. Hiki ke hoʻokō ʻia kahi manawa kūpono no ka hoʻoholo maluhia inā hoʻololi koke ka Trump Administration i kēia ala paʻakikī a kūpono ʻole. "
Press Hoʻokaʻaʻike:
Sayanna Molina (Grijalva)
ʻO Ron Boehmer (Pocan)
Erik Sperling (Conyers)
Emma Mehrabi (Lee)
