Thomas Massie Pushes Back On AOC’s Trump Impeachment Call Despite Opposing Iran Bombings

Republican Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie said on Monday that he does not support Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s push to impeach President Donald Trump for striking Iran without congressional approval, even though he too opposes the attack.

Massie opposed Trump several times and condemned the Saturday bombings of three Iranian nuclear sites with an X post saying they were “not constitutional.” However, when host Tim Pool asked Massie on “Timcast,” whether he agrees with Ocasio-Cortez that the strikes merited impeachment, the congressman said the process would be useless under the circumstances.

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“Impeachment isn’t a serious solution. It doesn’t solve anything here. The attack has already been done. I’m part of a coalition that I want to keep together,” Massie said. “It’s a coalition inside of the Republican Party, who I would include J.D. Vance and Tulsi Gabbard in it, frankly, who joined in support of this president because we didn’t want another regime change war in the Middle East.”

“And so to go off about impeachment does no good whatsoever in this circumstance,” he continued. “We have tools available to us to rein this back in here in Congress and that’s called the War Powers Act. So that’s what I’m using.”

Massie, along with Democratic California Rep. Khanna, introduced