Congressional Republicans are widely supporting President Donald Trump’s strikes against ISIS in Nigeria, with many who had recently been on a delegation to the foreign country praising the president for protecting Christians.
Trump ordered strikes on Christmas Day against the Islamic State group’s terrorists in northwest Nigeria, claiming ISIS “terrorist scum” were killing Christians. The strike came after the president declared Nigeria a “country of particular concern,” leading several House lawmakers to travel on a bipartisan delegation to the West African country to examine anti-Christian violence and persecution.
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