Political Quotes

“On February 28, President Donald Trump made a unilateral decision to take the United States and the American people to war against the nation of Iran. Iran is a nation of 93 million people with sophistication and fundamentalist religious leaders that imbue Iran's actions intergenerationally. Iran holds influence across millions of adherents, even across its borders. Religious ties, affinities, and memories linger across borders in that undemocratic region of the world. Without any consultation and in direct violation of congressional war powers in our Constitution that belongs to the people of the United States, not just the President, our Nation is now at war with a religious state. Valiant members of our Armed Forces have been sent into battle in one of the most complex and combustible regions of the world. Never in the entire history of our Nation has any such consequential decision to take our military and the American people to war been made solely by any former President without a vote of Congress. Valiant members of our Armed Forces are being killed. We, as Members of Congress, must offer consolation to their families and the communities from which they come, and we must pay tribute to their bravery and sheer patriotism. However, like their families, we remain stunned as we, too, were unaware they were being deployed into war in territory we know to be very dangerous.”