Dem lawmakers push for pause on Saudi arms sales after OPEC+ oil cut, say Riyadh made 'humongous blunder'

Democrats Sen. Richard Blumenthal and Rep. Ro Khanna are calling for a temporary halt on U.S. arms sales to Saudia Arabia after the OPEC+ decision to cut oil production.

"The long and short is the Saudis need to come to their senses," Blumenthal said. "They have committed a humongous blunder very much against their own economic and security interests as well as ours. The only apparent purpose of this cut in oil supplies is to help the Russians and harm Americans. It was unprovoked and unforced as an error."

Blumenthal cited recent comments by President Biden, in which Biden warned that there would be "consequences" for Saudi Arabia. The senator agreed, saying that those consequences should be a "one-year pause in sales of all arms, repairs, supplies, support" for Saudi Arabia.