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Jeffries, Schumer criticize Trump for striking Iranian nuclear facilities [View all]
Jeffries, Schumer criticize Trump for striking Iranian nuclear facilities
The top House Democrat warned that the attacks could ‘risk American entanglement in a potentially disastrous war in the Middle East’
By Marc Rod
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) criticized President Donald Trump for carrying out strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities without congressional authorization, a voice of opposition that was echoed by many leading Democrats on Capitol Hill.
Jeffries said in a statement less than two hours after Trump announced the strikes that Trump “misled the country about his intentions, failed to seek congressional authorization for the use of military force and risks American entanglement in a potentially disastrous war in the Middle East.”
He said that the Trump administration must explain to the country why it carried out the strikes and brief Congress.
“Donald Trump shoulders complete and total responsibility for any adverse consequences that flow from his unilateral military action,” Jeffries continued.
Schumer, in a similarly critical statement, said that “no president should be allowed to unilaterally march this nation into something as consequential as war with erratic threats and no strategy” and said he would be urging all lawmakers to support war powers legislation to block further military action against Iran, and called for an immediate vote.
https://jewishinsider.com/2025/06/house-minority-leader-jeffries-criticizes-trump-for-striking-iranian-nuclear-facilities/
The top House Democrat warned that the attacks could ‘risk American entanglement in a potentially disastrous war in the Middle East’
By Marc Rod
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) criticized President Donald Trump for carrying out strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities without congressional authorization, a voice of opposition that was echoed by many leading Democrats on Capitol Hill.
Jeffries said in a statement less than two hours after Trump announced the strikes that Trump “misled the country about his intentions, failed to seek congressional authorization for the use of military force and risks American entanglement in a potentially disastrous war in the Middle East.”
He said that the Trump administration must explain to the country why it carried out the strikes and brief Congress.
“Donald Trump shoulders complete and total responsibility for any adverse consequences that flow from his unilateral military action,” Jeffries continued.
Schumer, in a similarly critical statement, said that “no president should be allowed to unilaterally march this nation into something as consequential as war with erratic threats and no strategy” and said he would be urging all lawmakers to support war powers legislation to block further military action against Iran, and called for an immediate vote.
https://jewishinsider.com/2025/06/house-minority-leader-jeffries-criticizes-trump-for-striking-iranian-nuclear-facilities/
Since some were asking. Just a reminder, just because the corporate media failed to report something, doesn't mean it didn't happen.
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