GOP senator who erupted over Iran briefing shares awful new details

[Eugene]

Source: Washington Post

GOP senator who erupted over Iran briefing shares awful new details

By Greg Sargent
Opinion writer
1/9/2020, 10:05:14 a.m.

If President Trump made the decision to assassinate the supreme leader of Iran, would he need to come to Congress to get authorization for it?

The Trump administration won’t say.

That remarkable claim is now being made by a Republican senator — Mike Lee of Utah. He offered it in a new interview with NPR, in which he shared fresh details about why he erupted in anger on Wednesday over the briefing Congress received from the administration on Iran.

As you know, Lee’s comments went viral Wednesday after he ripped into the briefing given to lawmakers about Trump’s decision to assassinate Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani.

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Now, in the interview with NPR’s Rachel Martin, Lee has gone into more alarming detail. Lee reiterated that officials “were unable or unwilling to identify any point” at which they’d come to Congress for authorization for the use of military force. Then this exchange happened:

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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/01/09/gop-senator-who-erupted-over-iran-briefing-shares-awful-new-details/

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Related: Sen. Lee And Other Lawmakers Criticize White House Briefing On Iran (NPR)

[Pachamama]

1. "Officials were unable or unwilling to identify any point at which they'd come to Congress for...

....authorization for the use of military force."

Holy Fuck....this is why we absolutely need to have a debate and require an AUMF with stringent guidelines for the White House and IMPotus to come to Congress before taking any military action....

[Pachamama]

2. IMPotus Trump wants to be able to assassinate people without any question or accountability

That's why they refused to answer the question of whether the IMPotus has to consult Congress on such matters....

[CaptYossarian]

3. What if the GOP gets trounced in November and removes McTurtle from ANY leadership position?

Not even Minority Leader, Sergeant at Arms, or head dishwasher. If they lose most of the seats that are up in 2020, his BS tactics will get blamed.

[duforsure]

4. trump already believes he's above Congress,

And they have no power over him now. republicans should be worried, he doesn't recognize them as equals either. He's using them and using putins money to bribe them with it to get re-elected, but they have to toe the line with putin and trump or they lose their careers. If republicans allow this to continue , and enable him more , they will be toast to.

[Haggis for Breakfast]

5. He thinks he's god.