Trump LOSES CONTROL of WAR and Dems Finally STRIKE BACK!!!

Democratic Congress members and senators. are striking back against Donald Trump's. disastrous and unlawful war against Iran. with Israel. I want to highlight some of. the responses by these Democratic. Congress members and senators, but I. specifically want to focus on veterans. and give you their perspective. People. who have actually served in combat. missions who are addressing what's. taking place. I think their voices need. to be heard right now, especially as.

Donald Trump so recklessly and so. maliciously is sending our troops into. war without even providing any sort of. plan at all. So, let me show you first. what Democratic Congressman Jason Crow, Army Ranger, here's what he has to say. Trump is plunging us into another war in. the Middle East. He's learned nothing. from decades of failed conflicts. It's a. war of choice with no clear end game, no.

authorization from Congress, and little. support from Americans. I went to war. three times for this country and learned. that when elites in Washington bang the. war drums, working class folks pay the. price. The tough talk of a five-time. draft dodger falls flat for Americans. tired of military adventurism. Americans. want us out of the regime change. business. Endless war has cost us. thousands of lives and trillions of. dollars. Meanwhile, Americans are. struggling to pay for health care,

groceries, and housing. This. administration owes Congress and. Americans answers. Congress should. return to Washington immediately to vote. on the war powers resolution and ensure. the safety of our servicemen. Democratic. Congressman Pat Ryan, also a veteran, posted the following. I served two combat tours in Iraq. I've. seen what happens when a lying chicken. hawk president beats the war drums. I. ran for Congress and serve on the Armed.

Services Committee because I refuse to. let the country I love repeat those. mistakes. It's why we passed the War. Powers Act after Vietnam in the first. place so that before the president sends. our troops into harm's way, he has to. make the case to the American people. Trump hasn't done that. He hasn't. explained his goals. He hasn't told you. what it will cost both in our tax. dollars and God forbid our kids coming. home in flag draped coffins. That's why.

I co-sponsored Congressman Khanna and. Congressman Massie's War Powers. resolution and why I'm calling for a. vote immediately to force an honest. conversation as a country about what. comes next to stop yet another forever. war. We cannot repeat our approach from. 2001 and 2002. The answer cannot be. we'll figure it out as we go. I lost too. many friends because of that logic. As I.

said after the attack on Iran's nuclear. sites last June, air strikes may start a. war, but they rarely end it. And then in. response to Pat Ryan, an actual veteran. who served our country so courageously, you've got this big slob MAGA Republican. Congressman Randy Fine, just a grotesque. human being. He goes, "Make Persia. again." Trolling Pat Ryan. Like why.

respond to the veteran that way? I mean, we all we we we we can root for the. Persian people. Absolutely. We can root. for the Persian people to have freedom. Absolutely. But why are you trying to. troll a veteran, you slob? And then Pat. Ryan responds, "Okay, if you feel so. strongly, Randy, then I recommend you. sign up and serve. I'm happy to help you. get ready for your fitness exam. And. that's what Randy Fine looks like. Then. you have Democratic Senator Mark Kelly, who's also served courageously. He flew.

missions over the Middle East. He's been. shot at. Here's and he's an astronaut. You know, he's I mean, he's done it all. He's. devoted his life to public service. Here's what Mark Kelly says. "After. promising to keep Americans out of war. and instead focus on lowering costs for. families, Donald Trump has launched a. large-scale military operation against. Iran. We've seen this playbook before. Weeks of inflated claims, selective.

facts, and talk of imminent threats that. led the American people into a war that. cost thousands of American lives and. trillions of taxpayer dollars. The. United States has the most capable. military in the world. I have complete. confidence in our service members and. I'm praying for their safety. The. question is never whether they can do. the mission, it's whether the mission. makes sense and makes us safer. And what. is it going to cost? The Iranian people. deserve freedom. They deserve the right. to choose their own leaders. So, what's. the plan for what comes next? I don't.

think Donald Trump knows the answer and. that's dangerous when American lives are. on the line. When I launched on my first. combat mission during Operation Desert. Storm 35 years ago, I understood the. mission and the end goal. So did. Congress. So did the American people. That's the minimum level of leadership. this country deserves and Donald Trump. has failed again at that. The Senate. needs to come back to Washington, D.C. immediately and do its constitutional.

duty. Democratic Senator Ruben Gallego. from Arizona, also a veteran, posted the. following. "Our young men and women in danger. Our. national security is at risk and Cadet. Bone Spurs Donald Trump can't even give. time to tell America what is going on. Of course, he's referring to how. yesterday Donald Trump was supposed to. address the American people and then. canceled, but instead went to a MAGA.

fundraiser for MAGA Inc. A political. action committee fundraiser at. Mar-a-Lago rather than explain to the. American people what the hell is going. on. Senator Gallego writes, "The Senate. cannot. and should not do any votes at all until. we vote on a war powers resolution. This. war in Iran is wrong, illegal, and not. in our interest. Americans should not be. put in danger for the interest of Saudi. Arabia, Qatar, UAE, and Israel." Gallego.

then says, "Trump ran on exposing the. pedophiles and stopping wars. Trump is. now protecting the pedophiles and. starting wars." Gallego also writes, "So, what's next? All these Iran war. boosters are fine with an air war. What. happens when it doesn't end neatly? Is. Trump willing to commit ground troops? The president owes the American public. an answer, and we know what the Iranian. Islamic regime, the Iranian.

Revolutionary Guard Corps are saying. They're saying they are going to be. unleashing attacks like they've never. done before in history, and they will be. attacking the US all over the globe. So, so what happens next? And it's not. enough to show just photos of Iranian. people celebrating in the United States. Okay, and that's a good thing. We we we. we are cheering for the Iranian people, and we wish the Iranian people. absolutely no no doubt about it. The.

Ayatollah is a repressive tyrant, authoritarian, is a terrorist, all so. stipulated. As Gallego points out, again, someone who's served in combat, this happened after Saddam was toppled. and it didn't stop many Iraqi insurgents. shooting RPGs at me years later. He had. a number of friends who were killed. So, then what? As he says uh. as as Gallego also says in response to a.

senior Trump administration official. said that US intelligence had indicators. the Iranians were going to use their. missiles preemptively, but if not. simultaneous. to any American action on Iran. And so, the president decided he was not going. to sit back and allow forces in the. region to absorb attacks from. conventional missiles. We had analysis. that basically told us if we sat back. and waited to get hit first the amount. of casualties and damage would be. substantially higher than if we acted.

preemptively. What does he make any. sense? What are you talking about? If. you stroke if you struck first, then you. would be attacked simultaneously. As. Senator Gallego says, they were going to. potentially shoot simultaneous as in. shoot if we shot at them like any other. rational country would. This is one of. the reasons we started a war and put our. men and women in danger. And then you've. got these chicken hawks. You've got like. MAGA Republican Senator Lindsey Graham. saying for all of our troops who die, if.

you die fighting, this will be a noble. death for you. So, go out there, fight. and take that noble death. That's what. Lindsey Graham has to say. Play this. clip. command. And if we lose anybody in. this operation, they will have died a. noble death because they will have. risked their lives and sacrificed their. lives to make us safer here at home. The. And a reminder of what Trump said or as. Pat Ryan. Democratic Congressman and veterans. describes what Donald Trump said,

draft-dodging chicken hawks love to talk. tough from from fancy gold-plated beach. resorts, but they have no clue what war. is really about. We need a We need a war. powers vote now. You deserve to know who. wants to send your kids to war to fight. for Trump's lies, and we need to know. what we're doing here. What's the goal? Who's the regime change to? What is your. plan? And just a reminder, here's the. video and it was our editor Jason who.

took this video or he clipped this video. that Congressman member Ryan posted. Let's play this clip. seeks to kill. The lives of courageous American heroes. may be lost, and we may have casualties. That often happens in war. But we're. doing this not for now, we're doing this. for the future, and it is a noble. mission. We pray for every service member as they. selflessly risk their lives to ensure. that Americans and our children will.

never be threatened by a nuclear-armed. Iran. Now I want to show you that. Democratic Congressman Jason Crow has. been making some incredible media. appearances. Here's what he said when he. was just on TV moments ago. Let's play. it. Fear that could happen as a result. of this? Well, listen, I'm just I'm just damn. furious, you know? The man's a five-time. draft dodger. He's an elite. And, you know, I went to war. I fought. with working-class kids. They're the ones that do the fighting.

and dying. And And how amazing of Donald. Trump to say, you know, that often. happens in war, and that's a cost he's. willing to take. Great for him. It's not. his kids. It's not his family. It's not. his billionaire donors who are having to. go off and do it. It's kids in towns. across the country that have to pick up. the guns, jump into the planes and. helicopters, and get it done. And it's. kids that are sitting there at military. bases in Bahrain, like your video's. showing now, who are sitting in bunkers. right now because Donald Trump is.

willing to take a a chance with their. lives. This is everything that's wrong. with our national security. infrastructure and our policies, right? Elites make decisions, they talk tough, they pound their chests, and then. everybody else is left holding the bag. Enough is enough, right? let's actually. have a conversation about what is in our. interests, what we're willing to do with. American lives, what we're willing. willing to do with American taxpayer. dollars, and it's Congress that is. supposed to have that re- sponsibility,

right? I'm not interested in process. arguments, but what I am interested in. is accountability. And the Constitution put that. accountability on Congress to take the. votes, be held responsible for it, and. to go home and sit in high school. gymnasiums and rotary clubs and forums. around the country and to be held. accountable for those decisions. So, you want to see a congressional vote. on this? Heck yeah, I do. I think we should go. back to DC right now. I'm willing to. jump on a plane in an hour and go home.

and take up a vote on this because that. is what the American people deserve, right? They deserve accountability, they. deserve to know who is willing to take. chances with their national security, their kids' lives, their taxpayer. dollars. Let's take the vote. I want. names. Now, I want to share for you the video. that Democratic Senator Gallego made. Let's play this video right here. Well, I'm 46 and uh I've now seen my third war. in the Middle East.

And uh again, you know, we find ourselves in the same. situation that I saw myself uh you know, almost 21 years ago in Iraq. And even more so for other men and. women. We're going to send a bunch of working. class kids to go die, you know, for. a bunch of rich countries, a bunch of. rich men here. And um it's not a good feeling. You know, Congress needs to get back in. the session. We need to exert control. We need to stop this war. We need to hear from the president why. we actually should be even going to war.

in the first place. I don't want to see what happened in the. past. I don't want to see friends die. like I want people see friends dying. like I did. And um you know, this is just. ridiculous. Uh we should not be going to. war. Uh there's no reason why we. couldn't have worked this out. There's. no reason why we should be going to war. for other countries, whether it's the. Gulf Coast countries or Israel. Uh this. is not our fight. And uh we need to stop. what we're doing right now. Yeah, powerful stuff right there. Anyway, let. me know what you all think. Hit. subscribe. Let's get to 7 million. subscribers, and thanks for watching.

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