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Congress, in particular, is furious with Erdogan for his purchase of a missile system from Russia this summer and for his incursion into Syria last month. In recent weeks, legislators have proposed a slew of bills to punish Turkey for these moves. Anger has swelled beyond traditional critics to include key allies of Trump, like Senator Lindsey Graham, as well as longtime supporters of Turkey, like Representative Steve Cohen. And the House of Representatives even passed a resolution condemning Turkey’s 1915 genocide of Armenians, a major step it had long avoided out of deference to Ankara....