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Trump Goes Psycho Over House War Vote!!

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That's nationaldebtreleaf.com. On this, the A's are 47. The A's are 53. The motion to discharge is not approved. What you just witnessed there was the result of Donald Trump ordering the United States Senate, the Mago-Republicans, in the United States Senate along with John Federman Democratic Senator from Pennsylvania to vote against a war-powers resolution which would block Donald Trump's unlawful war against Iran. You saw right there the Senate actually voted against this critical war-powers resolution and now it goes to the House of Representatives where a vote takes place today. I want to discuss how important this is still. But in the Senate, the vote was 47 to 53. You had Republican Rand Paul voting with the Democrats on the 47 side. John Federman voted with the Republicans on that 53, voting against the war-powers resolution with the Mago-Republicans in the Senate and Federman giving up their role in Congress to block Donald Trump's unlawful war.

Absolutely pathetic. So now it goes to the House of Representatives but this is very important even though the Senate voted against it. It is critical that we see where all the Democrats stand, we see where all the Republicans stand when it comes to this unlawful war because this is a deeply, deeply unpopular war. How unpopular is it? Well just think about this fact right here. The Iraq war started within approval rating of 70%. The lowest it ever hit was 42%. Just think about that staggering fact. This war right now started within approval of 41%. Just think about that and you have all the Mago-Republicans who are out there saying whatever the war started. So since it started it would be unpatriotic for us to stop it now. They're literally using that line like Susan Collins who got that order from Donald Trump and by the way she's running for re-election in that Senate seat in Maine. Remember that Maine.

Here's what she said. She was very concerned about all of this. She said passing this resolution, the war powers resolution to block Donald Trump's unlawful war. She says it would send the wrong message to Iran and to our troops. At this juncture providing unequivocal support to our service members is critically important as this ongoing consultation by the administration with Congress. Graham Platter Democratic candidate for Senate in Maine also a veteran said the following well what else can we do but support the war are we really doing this already this thing just a thing started this is the worst version of why we stayed in Iraq for so long for the dumbest reasons and being done by the same people who clearly have learned nothing. And as Donald Trump panics this is what he's ordering mega Republicans to do block the war powers resolution vote the war powers resolution vote is critical and frankly we shouldn't even need a war powers resolution because only Congress has the power to declare war not the executive branch the executive branch needs to seek the authorization of Congress it's in our damn Constitution.

But now of course the mega Republicans got their message from the Trump regime and it's just out of Putin's playbook don't call it a war just call it a special military operation that's all you have to do. And that's what the mega Republican sick offense are doing like mega Republican Congress member Mike flood before the vote that's taking place today on the war powers resolution Mike flood says it's not a war it's a significant military operation here play this clip this war well I think the president has the authority would you consider it a war is a significant military operation. What about what mega Mike Johnson is saying well mega Mike Johnson got the order for Donald Trump to tell all of the magazine Congress that you will get politically rewarded here by voting against the war powers resolution the American people want this war mega Mike says because that's what Donald Trump's telling everybody here play this clip.

I trust the American people I trust that they will evaluate all these things they will understand that this administration did the right thing I think they'll reward it politically but if if if people get a bad taste in their mouth for what happened back here in the first part of the year in Iran they just do but we we know in history will record we did the right thing I think passage of a war powers resolution right now would be a terrible dangerous idea for all the reasons I've just explained it would empower our enemies it would knee cap her own forces and it would take the ability of the US military and the commander chief away from completing this critical mission to keep everybody safe not only is mega Mike willing to vote against the war powers resolution and demand that mega Republicans in Congress be in lockstep with it mega Mike is ready to start taking all of our taxpayer dollars immediately and given it to supplemental supplemental assistance supplemental for the war Congress will pass a war funding supplemental when appropriate at least what 50 billion dollars is what we're hearing to provide additional funding for this war that money could have gone to healthcare that money could have gone to afford

more affordable housing that money could have gone to numerous other things that actually would help the American people and now it's going to help us build more munitions for the war in Iran which is an absolute disaster right now as more service members are being killed that's what they're doing I'll bring you to the house floor where there was debate about the war powers resolution let me show you what the Democrats are saying because I echo a lot of their sentiments right here not because they're democry saying it but because I don't believe in regime change wars without plans I don't believe in sending our soldiers out there to Iran like that without any defined mission I don't like it I despise it it's again it's unconstitutional it's a lawful well here's what Democratic Congress member Castro has to say play this clip why now well secretary Rubio told us himself he said that Israel was going to strike Iran which would have triggered Iranian strikes on US forces in the region but rather than pick up the phone and tell Benjamin Netanyahu to stand down the president of the United States buckled and decided to join their war how is this America first for 25 years a generation of American service members and their families have sacrificed so much because of regime change wars in the Middle East president Trump is now asking yet another generation of Americans to sacrifice the war

and the hope that this time it will go differently than Iraq Afghanistan or Libya this is Donald Trump's war this is Benjamin Netanyahu's war your vote today will determine whether this is your war too I urge you to support this resolution powerful words indeed what about Democratic Congress member McGovern play this clip Mr. Speaker nobody is defending the Iatola there is no love loss for a brutal government the sponsors terror and murders their people Iran has been doing this for decades everybody knows that and so my question is this why wasn't Donald Trump in favor of regime change until this weekend why did he campaign on swearing he would never send American kids to fight and die in the Middle East Republicans can't answer because they were against war with Iran until exactly the second Donald Trump decided to go to war and now they're all running around Saudi like Neal Con lunatics America can't take this level of gaslighting I went to the classify briefing there was no imminent threat I guess unless Republicans want to redefine the word imminent to mean stretching back 47 years this whole thing is just so

transparently built on lies Republicans went from imminent threat to regime change to nukes back to imminent threat in the last 24 hours I'll tell you I'll tell you what this is, Mr. Speaker this is Iraq 2.0 I still remember the lies about WMD's I voted against that war too at least George Bush had the decency to lie to people's face and by the way no congressional vote can legitimize this because there was no imminent threat there was no UN Security Council resolution so this war is illegal no matter what you want to call it and it's not Donald Trump's kids they will have to go fight and die for their draft dodging dad it's not the children of billion of the billionaire Epstein class it's working class kids who are going to put their lives on the line shame on Republicans I'm sick of this BS we're spending billions of dollars a day on a war and we can't even get Republicans to join us to expand health care in America how the hell is this America first you guys broke your top campaign promise good luck with that I hope the defense contract or money was worth it shame on you all the mask is off you're all just a bunch of times expired

and I'll give credit where credits due to Republicans Thomas Massey clearly articulating why this war is unlawful as well as the all of the lies that this regime has been selling this play this clip and for what this administration can't even give us a straight answer as to why we launched this preemptive war the president says we had to strike first because an Iranian strike was imminent meanwhile the department of defense conceded there was no evidence of an imminent Iranian strike some told us this war was about nuclear weapons but six months ago we were assured our last strike on Iran decimated their nuclear program so which is it I think the most candid answer came from the secretary of state who told the press that Israel forced our hand and dragged us into this war again and that truth is the very reason why it is Congress that must decide war if American lives are to be risked and American blood is to be shed

that decision must be debated and voted on by the representatives of the American people and that debate is meant to be arduous and that vote is meant to be hard I have a theory I think my colleagues don't want to go on record because we have a terrible track record of meddling in the Middle East they don't want their name associated with this when it doesn't turn out well but Congress cannot be bothered with its constitutional duty because for many in this chamber it's easier to simply allow someone else's sons and daughters to be sent to combat without their vote and to be clear we aren't even here to declare war today all we're voting on is a war powers resolution to reassert the constitution that congress must decide questions of war and if congress wants war then the speaker should hold a vote to declare it this episode is brought to you by iqbar our exclusive snack hydration and coffee sponsor iqbar protein bars iq mix hydration mixes and iqjo mushroom coffees are the delicious low sugar brain and body fuel you need to win your day

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has become part of my daily routine whether it's starting my morning with iqjo grabbing an iqbar or iq mix to refuel or rehydrate after a hard workout i am truly a believer in all iqbar products and right now iqbar is offering our special podcast listeners 20% off all iqbar products including the ultimate sampler pack plus free shipping to get your 20% off text truth to 64,000 text truth to 64,000 that's truth to 64,000 message and data rates may apply see terms for details and you know democratic congress member rascans going to step in and make some great points here let's play this clip i think the speaker in the ranking member yes use all lawful and constitutional means i heard one of our colleagues across the aisle just say well yes article one section eight clause eleven does give congress the exclusive plenary comprehensive power to declare war and not the president and we could be debating it but

the president's already taken us to war so it's too late it would undermine the cause for us to debate it what a humiliating self-defeating argument for a member of the article one branch of congress to be making don't you understand that destroys our power to declare war if any president can plunge us into a war and thereby defeat our exclusive plenary power over it the framers weren't fooling around when they did that they knew that the kings were constantly plunging their people into wars of deception conceit plunder imperial avarice fantasy constantly the kings were doing that they didn't want to leave it up to one person to decide whether or not to send a whole country into war and to put our sons and daughters at risk that is an awesome solemn responsibility that must be vested in the representatives of the people all the people which is why both the house and the senate are involved in it so whether you think this is this war is the most brilliant

strategic breakthrough and moral cause since world war two where you think it's an absolute strategic blunder built on lies like the last wars in iraq or the war in Afghanistan which cost thousands of lives and more than trillion dollars wherever you are on that policy question can we not agree as members of the article one branch that it's up to us we've got a vote on it we've got a debate on it i'm hearing very interesting good arguments all over the spectrum on this that's why it's reposed in the representatives of the people to decide it not Donald Trump not J.D. Vance not Tulsi Gabbard or anybody else an executive branch it's our decision everybody should be doing yes on this resolution now back to republican congressmember massey let's play it the 1973 war powers resolution states plainly that the president may only introduce us armed forces into hostilities

pursuant to three conditions either one declaration of war two specific statutory authorization or three a national emergency created by an attack upon the united states none of those conditions exist today Iran is not attacked the united states congress is not declared war and congress is not granted specific statutory authorization beyond the constitutional question here lies an even more important one why are we going to war with Iran we owe our military service members a clear mission and american families in my district want to know how's this is going to help them pay for groceries how does this make them any safer in their schools or in their neighborhoods how does this help them pay for housing have we learned nothing from the laundry list of wars and regime change experiments we sparked across the middle east that have racked up a total of at least eight trillion dollars of debt in Iraq Libya Syria Afghanistan a sustained war with Iran will not stabilize

the region it's already ignited the region it will radicalize new generations of terrorists and it will send more swarms of refugees into europe and the united states more from massey right here let's play it and it will send more swarms of refugees into europe and the united states Iran is not Venezuela the aiotola was not a president he was a religious leader from a region notorious for radical islamist and the united states in israel turned him into a martyr and in the process of doing so we've already expanded billions of dollars and more solemnly six american families must now lay to rest their sons and daughters and for what this administration can't even give us a straight answer as to why we launched this preemptive war and here's what grand planter again a veteran he says here's what he has to say and he goes he's running for the sentencing in Maine as you know against Susan Collins and he's like you know what we need an

entirely new war powers resolution frankly a new war powers act rather which and automatically all of these wars should be declared unlawful before they even start we shouldn't even have to pass any type of resolution we should just be able to declare it unlawful unless you get congress's approval play this clip we need a truly reformed war powers act where we really pull the power back no more 48 hours of combat operations but you have to have to notify congress no more 60 days of combat operations before you have to prove to congress that you should have gone to war in the first place no we need to know why military forces use right off the bat and it needs to be approved by congress right off the bat now here's what democratic senator adam shiff had to say on tv let's play it senator you were you joined all but one of your democratic colleagues today in voting for a war powers resolution that would have constrained

the president's war on Iran that he's launched all the republicans save for rand paul voted against it rand paul voting with democrats john federman voting with republicans why did you vote that way today well i introduced the resolution along with him came senator schumer and rand paul for the reason that we shouldn't be in this war number one this is a war that was not brought on by any imminent threat from rand we've heard all kinds of varying explanations for why rubio says we were threatened he says it's because israel was going to attack and they would attack us uh iran that is if israel attacked and then the president says no that wasn't hit at all and then you hear pete exesse say something different and wit cough say no this was about them potentially getting the bomb they can't have explained why we're at war so first and foremost to to stop this war of choice but second because constitutionally this is unlawful you can't commit the nation to war without seeking the approval of congress

it's one of the most important powers that we have it as atrophied and if we're going to allow a war like this to go on where we've already lost you as service members and essentially not make a peep about it in congress then we're telling this president and any future president you can make war whenever you want wherever you want for whatever reason you want and congress will not step in to put any constraint on you that's just dangerous to the american people and to our troops and i agree also here with democratic senator mark kelly i've said this on the show before you've heard me say it which is you can literally pick a random group of people in washington dc or anywhere and they would do a much better job than the trump regime they're way better than what because this trump regime is compounding the worst decisions and making it worse based on donald trump's malicious and demented pathology it's like they he instantly gravitates to the worst possible decision making and then makes it catastrophic and then just let this is why he's bankrupted

everything in his life most most of the companies he's run he's bankrupted because this is what this demented individual does your play this clip of senator kelly you could pick a random group of people off the street tonight here in washington dc just a random group and they could probably do a better job than our government is doing right now with this they don't have a goal there's no strategic plan there's no timeline and what this is likely to lead to is again a long war with a lot of dead americans and no rationale for how this is helping the american people and as donald trump's chief propagandist caroline levit was saying today why did donald trump order the military to strike what it did why did that happen well he had a good feeling just he is feels yo he had a good feeling you know those feels couldn't tell the american people what the feeling was backed up by facts but you know he had a feeling the feeling that israel was going to attack

aron first and aron would then attack the united states so we had to attack first for israel that's what that's the move here play this clip important was that information in the president making the decision to strike where and when he did i think it was important with respect to the timeline but i think the president prior to that phone call uh had a good feeling that the aronian regime was going to strike uh united states assets in our personnel in the region and then you have other magas senators like ron johnson from wasconsem and he's out there saying you know what this is an opportunity an opportunity for geopolitical change isn't that what you want in america oh yeah health care no what you want education no you want housing no you want things to be more affordable no you want geopolitical change i'll tell you what ron johnson from wasconsem the geopolitical change

going down right now is crippling america's strength weakening america's power if not obliterating this does not make us look strong this makes us look weak and pathetic and right now we've never actually looked weak anyway here's what johnson says let's play it because of what is happening now in aron is is more serious so we're more vulnerable because Biden left the border open and they still hold up dhs funding and on the issue of aron senator um the senate failed to pass senator canes war powers resolution you voted against it senator paul was the only republican who voted for it um explain your decision on this because there are you know there are many in magaland i think still who are either not supportive of this war are worried about what this will do to the trump agenda or or flat out think we had no right to go in there our ran has been a war

with america for 47 years it's responsible it has a blood on the hands of thousands of american soldiers american citizens they've been a menace this is an opportunity it's not risk free it's not guaranteed but this is an opportunity to change geopolitics for the better the best opportunity in my lifetime i so i hope for success i support the president in a tough decision god there's nothing guaranteed about this you know the ir gcs 200,000 members they've got this security forces 600,000 it's encouraging the courage are are coming down and hopefully providing some support for the reigning people but this is a real opportunity and i just got a sports president from this you know in this tough decision there you have the folks let me know what you think it's subscribe let's get to seven million subscribers and thank you all for watching love this video support independent media and unlock exclusive content add free videos and custom emojis by becoming a paid member of our youtube channel today you can also gift

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