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WASHINGTON, D.C. – On CNN’s The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown yesterday, combat Veteran and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) slammed Donald Trump for waging an illegal war against Iran that is costing troops’ lives, causing costs to skyrocket and making Americans less safe around the world. After Senate Republicans blocked a War Powers Resolution two nights ago to withdraw U.S. forces from this illegal war, Duckworth reiterated that our brave men and women in uniform deserve leaders who will do their Constitutional duty and ensure their sacrifices are justified. Video of the full interview can be found on the Senator’s YouTube.
Key Quotes:
- “I am still waiting for my Republican colleagues to step up and stop enabling President Trump and his war of choice in Iran…We’re going to keep using the tools available to us in the United States Senate to make sure that the Administration comes to the Congress and explain to us why this war was needed, what their plans are and what those next steps are and what is the off-ramp. Our men and women in uniform deserve no less from their civilian leadership.”
- “…Trump has not come forward with any justification for this. And if you listen to him from morning to afternoon, his reasons for bombing Iran and getting us into yet another forever war changes. First it was, you know what the imminent danger was, that they were going to hit us with ballistic missiles. Oh, wait, they don’t have long range ballistic missiles. Oh, they were going to develop a nuclear weapon. Oh, wait, we annihilated their nuclear weapon capabilities with Operation Midnight Hammer. Oh, it’s for regime change. Oh, and now we've replaced the Ayatollah with his son, who is an even worse dictator than his father ever was. So what exactly are we doing there?”
- “Trump ran for president on the promise of no more forever wars, and he'’ going to bring down prices. Well, guess what? He’s put prices through the roof for the average American consumer. 13 American heroes are now dead—and we have more harm in the Middle East, more threats to America’s national security. He needs to come to us. I’m not voting for anything like [the supplemental Trump proposed] until they justify this war.”
