Legislators respond to strikes on 3 Iranian nuclear facilities

Washington – The lawmakers throughout the political corridor provided a mixed response on Saturday after President Trump announced that The United States launched strikes On three Iranian nuclear facilities.

Immediately after Mr. Trump, Republican Republicans in Congress, including Senator Lindsay Graham and Senator Ted CruzMr. Trump supported after he was announced in a Social truth “A full load of bombs was dropped on the basic location, Fordo.”

“There is no other army in the world that could have done this,” Mr. Trump said in this position. “Now is the time for peace! Thank you for your interest in this issue.”

This is what the legislators say:

Many Republican lawmakers bring us back strikes in Iran, but not everything

“It was good. This is the correct call,” said Senator Graham, a Republican in South Carolina. x.

“Military operations in Iran should be a clear reminder of our opponents and our allies that President Trump means what he says,” Parliament Speaker Mike Johnson said as social media.

“The President of Iran gave every opportunity to conclude a deal, but Iran refused to abide by the nuclear disarmament agreement,” Johnson, Johnson He said in the post. “President Trump was consistent and clearly that nuclear armed Iran will not be tolerated. This situation has now been applied with strength, accuracy and clarity.”

Senator Texas Cruz, who supported Israeli strikes against Iranian goals, He said in a statement: “As long as Iran was able to reach and conduct activities in Ford, they could still rush to build a nuclear arsenal. The actions of the night have gone largely to imprison this possibility, and to confront the horrific threat posed by an Iranian nuclear arsenal.”

Representative Rick Crowford, Republican President of the Intelligence Committee in the House of Representatives, praised Mr. Trump in a statement and said: “I was in contact with the White House before this procedure and I will continue to follow developments closely with them in the coming days.”

The strikes announced by Mr. Trump on Saturday evening went up to the conflict between Iran and Israel This started on June 13. Mr. Trump, on Wednesday, He was still studying Whether the US military will join Israel’s ongoing attacks on Iran.

Before announcing the strikes, Representative Margori Taylor Green of Georgia was among the few Republican who opposed the action of the United States, arguing on social media, “This is not our battle.”

She said in a After x. “There will be no bombs on the people of Israel if Netanyahu does not drop bombs on the people of Iran first.”

Representative Thomas Massi, from Kentucky, has reformulated the position of Mr. Trump on the strikes by commenting TERSE: “Not Constitutional.” Diamond A decision on Tuesday We are prohibited from being involved in the conflict. A few days ago, he indicated that the ability to authorize the use of military force falls with Congress, and He said Among the Israeli conflict of Iran on X, “This is not our war. But if so, Congress must decide such matters according to our constitution.”

Some Democrats tell us that the strikes in Iran are unconstitutional

The democratic leader in the House of Representatives, Hakim Jeffrez and other Democrats agreed with Massi that the president had to consult Congress, and on Saturday the lawmakers demanded “completely and immediately” to attacks in a secret environment.

“President Trump has misled the country about his intentions, and he failed to request a licensing of Congress to use military force and the dangers of American intertwining in a possible catastrophic war in the Middle East,” said Jeffrez.

Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer also called on Congress to impose the law of war authorities.

“President Trump must provide the American people and the Congress clearly about the actions that have taken tonight and its effects on the safety of the Americans,” Schumer said in a statement. “No president should be allowed to march this nation unilaterally to something, such as war with wrong threats, not strategy. Facing Iran’s harsh campaign of terrorism, nuclear aspirations, and regional war requires power, resolve, and strategic clarity. The threat to a wider and more destructive war has now increased significantly.”

Democratic Representative Jim McGavran from Massachusetts Call To return to Washington to vote on Diamond legislation “to stop this madness.”

MP Alexandria Okasio-Cortez described Mr. Trump’s decision to bomb Iran without the permission of Congress “is a serious violation of the constitution and war authorities in Congress.”

“He gave enormously a war that may explode for generations,” Democrat wrote in New York. “They are completely and clear reasons.”

The legislators were on both sides of the corridor Trying to reduce the ability of Mr. Trump to command us to strike Iran should be in its ongoing war with Israel, while emphasizing that Congress alone has the power to declare war under the constitution. The president has been interrogated to enter foreign conflicts without the approval of the legislative branch in recent years. The last time Congress authorized that the use of military force was in 2002, against Iraq. A year ago, days after terrorist attacks on September 11, Congress approved a bill based on the use of military force against states, organizations or individuals who define the president “planning, authorized, committed, or with the help of terrorist attacks on September 11.”

Democratic Representative Rashida urged Michigan, Democratic colleagues in a position, “do not make another mistake in withdrawing our country to another war,” adding, “You can stop the president and the sea in Congress by signing the solution of the war forces.”

Unlike other Democrats in Congress, Senator John Vitirman of Pennsylvania said he completely supports American strikes on Iran.

As I have long preserved, this was the right step potus“Fetterman He said in a social media post. “Iran is the pioneering shepherd in the world of terrorism and cannot have nuclear capabilities. I am grateful and salute the finest army in the world.”

Senator Bernie Sanders, who was on a tour of this week in the southern red states, announced the news of US attacks on Iran for his supporters and met “no more war” chants of the crowd.

“He is very unconstitutional,” Sanders said. “All of you know that the only entity that can take this country to war is the US Congress. The president has no right.”

Ketlin Yick and

Kaya Hobard

He contributed to this report.