Unlikely Allies Move To Block Trump From Striking Iran

Republican Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie introduced a resolution Tuesday afternoon to block President Donald Trump from joining with Israel to launch military strikes on Iran, arguing the Iran-Israel conflict is “not our war.”

Massie, a libertarian congressman who frequently bucks his party on fiscal issues and foreign policy matters, is partnering with a cohort of left-wing Democratic representatives led by Democratic California Rep. Ro Khanna to prevent the president from engaging in “unauthorized hostilities” with Iran. The war powers resolution is likely to be a symbolic measure due to House GOP leadership’s expected opposition to holding a vote on the president’s authority to strike Iran.

The resolution would require Congress to vote on allowing Trump to use military force against Iran. Democratic Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine has introduced a similar measure restricting the president’s war powers regarding Iran in the upper chamber.

The other far-left Democratic lawmakers also sponsoring the resolution include Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar, Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib, Massachusetts Rep. Ayanna Pressley and New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

“We were lied to about ‘weapons of mass destruction’ in Iraq that killed millions + forever changed lives,” Tlaib posted on X Monday in an endorsement of the war powers resolution. “It’s unconst’l for Trump to go to war without a vote in Congress.”