A handful of lawmakers on both sides of the aisle fumed at President Trump’s decision to bomb top nuclear facilities in Iran and accused him of violating the Constitution.
On Sunday, Trump announced that he had ordered strikes to target Iran’s Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan nuclear sites. Trump noted that all planes successfully departed Iranian airspace and were “safely on their way home.”
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), who hasn’t been shy about splitting with Trump in the past, simply declared: “This is not Constitutional.”
Top Intel Committee Democrat Jim Himes (D-Conn.) similarly accused Trump of exceeding his presidential authorities with the strikes.
“According to the Constitution, we are both sworn to defend, my attention to this matter comes BEFORE bombs fall. Full stop,” Himes fumed on X.
Firebrand Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), a prominent Trump ally who opposed the strikes, called for peace in response.
“Let us join together and pray for the safety of our U.S. troops and Americans in the Middle East,” she wrote.
“Let us pray that we are not attacked by terrorists on our homeland after our border was open for the past 4 years and over 2 Million gotaways came in.”
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Hours before the attack, Greene complained that “Every time America is on the verge of greatness, we get involved in another foreign war,” Rep. Sean Casten (D-Ill.) also called it an “unambiguous impeachable offense.”
“This is not about the merits of Iran’s nuclear program. No president has the authority to bomb another country that does not pose an imminent threat to the US without the approval of Congress,” Casten said on X.
“I’m not saying we have the votes to impeach. I’m saying that you DO NOT do this without Congressional approval and if Johnson doesn’t grow a spine and learn to be a real boy tomorrow we have a BFing problem that puts our very Republic at risk.”
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