Democrats Immediately Reject Trump's Illegal War With Iran

If Trump was hoping that the country would rally around his unpopular presidency after he bombed Iran, he was mistaken as Democrats have rejected his new war.

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When the US was about to invade Iraq two decades ago, the nation was still reeling from 9/11 and waving the flag. At that time, a Republican president pushed a tale of weapons of mass destruction as a justification for war.

Twenty odd years later, a different Republican president is pushing a tale of Iran and nuclear weapons to justify his war, but Democrats aren’t buying it.

Sen. Reuben Gallego (D-AZ) said:

The American people do not want to be dragged into another endless war in the Middle East. I would know. I saw close friends die next to me serving as a Marine in a high-combat unit in Iraq. Each of these deaths was needless. We have yet to see any evidence to prove that tonight’s strikes were necessary to protect U.S. national security. President Trump must immediately show why tonight’s strikes were necessary. Without that evidence, President Trump’s bombing of Iran risks the lives of Americans, both civilians at home and our servi…