House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) blasted the deal that Vice President Mike Pence struck with Turkey to allow them to continue firing on Kurdish people after 120 hours of a standstill.

“Erdogan has given up nothing, and President Trump has given him everything,” the joint statement from the Democrats reads. “The Turks have stated that ‘this is not a ceasefire,’ and made clear that they ‘will pause the operation for 120 hours in order for the terrorists to leave.'”

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The statement went on to bash the president for panicking after he started the conflict with Turkey on a Sunday afternoon.

“President Trump is flailing,” the statement continued. “The President’s decision to reverse sanctions against Turkey for brutally attacking our Kurdish partners in exchange for a sham ceasefire seriously undermines the credibility of America’s foreign policy and sends a dangerous message.”

You can read the statement in the tweets below:

Pelosi/Schumer: Erdogan has given up nothing, and President Trump has given him everything. The Turks have stated that ‘this is not a ceasefire,’ and made clear that they ‘will pause the operation for 120 hours in order for the terrorists to leave’ — Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) October 17, 2019

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Pelosi and Schumer: “President Trump is flailing. The President’s decision to reverse sanctions against Turkey for brutally attacking our Kurdish partners in exchange for a sham ceasefire seriously undermines the credibility of America’s foreign policy and sends a dangerous” msg — Manu Raju (@mkraju) October 17, 2019

Pelosi in joint statement with Schumer on President Trump's reversal of sanctions against Turkey announces the House next week will "pass a strong, bipartisan sanctions package to work to reverse the humanitarian disaster that President Trump unleashed in Syria." pic.twitter.com/johmvCuAtl — Craig Caplan (@CraigCaplan) October 17, 2019