Senator John McCain has urged the expulsion of Turkey’s ambassador to the US following a violent confrontation between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s bodyguards and protesters in Washington, DC.
“We should throw their ambassador the hell out of the United States of America,” McCain said on Thursday.
“This kind of thing cannot go unresponded to diplomatically,” the Arizona Republican said, adding that legal action could be pursued.
Several other senators also expressed outrage after Erdogan’s bodyguards attacked pro-Kurdish protesters in Washington as he met President Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday.
“This is Erdogan’s security detail. Somebody told them to go out there and beat up on these peaceful demonstrators,” McCain said. “This isn’t Turkey;…