Legislators respond to us by launching strikes in 3 Iranian nuclear facilities

Washington – Legislators throughout the political hall offered a mixed response on Saturday after President Trump’s announcement that the The United States launched strikes In three Iranian nuclear facilities.

Immediately after Mr. Trump’s announcement, the Republicans of the Congress, including Senator Lindsey Graham and Senator Ted Cruzthey supported Mr. Trump’s actions, while several leading Democrats condemned their decision to launch the attack without consulting Congress.

In televised address On Saturday night, the president described the strikes as a “spectacular military success” and said that “the key nuclear enrichment facilities of Iran have been completely erased.” He warned about “much older” attacks if I will “make peace.”

“There is no other army in the world that may have done this,” Trump said in a publication on social networks. “Now is the moment of peace! Thank you for your attention to this matter.”

This is what legislators say:

Many Republican legislators support strikes in Iran, but not all

“Well. This was the correct call. The regime deserves it. Well done, President @realdonaldtrump,” said Senator Graham, Republican of South Carolina, in X.

The president of the House of Representatives, Mike Johnson, said in a publication on social networks that “military operations in Iran should serve as a clear reminder for our opponents and allies that President Trump means what he says.”

“The president gave the leader of Iran all the opportunities to reach an agreement, but Iran refused to commit to a nuclear disarmament agreement,” Johnson said in office. “President Trump has been consistent and of course that an IR will armed with nuclear weapons will not be tolerated. That position has now been applied with force, precision and clarity.”

Texas Cruz senator, who has supported Israeli attacks against Iranian goals, said in a statement: “While Iran could access and carry out activities in Fordow, they could still hurry to build a nuclear nuclear arsenal tonight.”

The representative Rick Crawford, republican president of the Chamber Intelligence Committee, praised Trump in a statement and said: “I have been in contact with the White House before this action and I will continue to track the developments closely in the coming days.”

The strikes announced by Mr. Trump on Saturday night increased the conflict between Iran and Israel that began on June 13. Trump, Wednesday, Wednesday, Wednesday, Wednesday I was still reflecting If the US army would join Israel’s ongoing attacks against Iran.

Before the announcement of the attacks, the representative Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia was one of the few Republicans who opposed the action of the United States, arguing on social networks: “This is not our fight.”

“Every time the United States is on the edge of greatness, we get involved in another foreign war,” he said in a publication about X. “There would be no bombs falling on the people of Israel if Netanyahu had not dropped bombs on the people of Iran.”

Kentucky, Thomas Massie representative, shunned Trump’s post on strikes with a demanding comment: “non -constitutional.” Mass introduced a resolution on Tuesday Prohibit the participation of the United States in the conflict. A few days before, he pointed out that the power to authorize the use of military force rests with Congress, and said about the Israel-Iran conflict in X: “This is not our war. But if it were, Congress must decide such matters according to our Constitution.”

Some Democrats say that attacks in Iran are unconstitutional

The Democratic leader of the House of Representatives, Hakeem Jeffries and other Democrats, agreed with Massie that the president should have consulted the Congress, and on Saturday he demanded that legislators be informed “fully and immediately” on the attacks in a classified environment.

“President Trump cheated the country about his intentions, failed to seek the authorization of Congress for the use of military force and risks in the American entanglement in a potentially disastrous war in the Middle East,” Jeffries said.

The senate minority leader, Chuck Schumer, also requested the Congress to enforce the war powers.

“President Trump must provide the American people and Congress clear responses on actions taken tonight and their implications for the safety of Americans,” Schumer said in a statement. “No president should be allowed unilaterally to be this nation as as consistent as war with erratic threats and without strategy. Confronting the ruthless horror campaign of Iran, nuclear ambitions and regional aggression demand strength, resolution and strategic clarity. The danger of a broader, longer and more devastating war has now increased dramatically.”

Senator Mark Warner, vice president of the Select Intelligence Committee, said that although there is no doubt that Iran represents a serious threat to regional stability, “the president’s actions threaten to drag the United States to an open conflict” without consulting Congress “and” without a clear strategy. “

Democratic representative Rost Khanna from California, who co -crocked Massie’s resolution that sought to limit Mr. Trump’s war powers, said in a statement early that Congress “must return to DC immediately to vote” on the resolution “to ensure that there are no more conflicts and climbs.”

“Trump’s strikes are unconstitutional and put the Americans, especially our troops, at risk,” Khanna said.

Democratic representative Jim McGovern, from Massachusetts, asked Congress to return to Washington to vote on Massie’s legislation “to stop this madness.”

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez described Mr. Trump’s decision to Bombardear Iran without authorization from Congress “is a serious violation of the Constitution and the Powers of War of Congress.”

“He has risked impulsively to launch a war that can catch us for generations,” the New York Democrat wrote. “It is absolutely and clearly a reason for political trial.”

Legislators on both sides of the hall have been Trying to limit Mr. Trump’s ability to order us strikes In Iran in the midst of his current war with Israel, emphasizing that only Congress has the power to declare war under the Constitution. The scope of the president’s authority to enter foreign conflicts without the approval of the legislative branch has been questioned in recent years. The last time Congress authorized the use of military force was in 2002, against Iraq. A year earlier, days after the terrorist attacks of September 11, Congress approved a bill that approves the use of military force against nations, organizations or individuals that the president determines “planned, authorized, committed or helped the terrorist attacks of September 11”.

Michigan’s Democratic Democratic Representative urged Democratic colleagues in one position: “Do not make another mistake by dragging our country to another war,” he added: “You can stop the president and war traffickers in Congress by signing the resolution of our war of war powers.”

In contrast to other Democrats of Congress, Senator John Fetterman of Pennsylvania said he fully supports US strikes about Iran.

“As I have maintained for a long time, this was @potus’s correct movement,” said Fetterman in a publication on social networks. “Iran is the main sponsor of terrorism in the world and cannot have nuclear capabilities. I am grateful and greet the best military in the world.”

Senator Bernie Sanders, who is on a tour this weekend in the states of the South Red, announced the news of the US attacks against their followers and met the songs of “no more war” of the crowd.

“It’s so very unconstitutional,” Sanders said. “You all know that the only entity that can lead to this country to war is the United States Congress. The President does not have the right.”

Caitlin Yilek and Kaia Hubbard contributed to this report.

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