John Fetterman Breaks With Democrats To Back Trump’s Bombing Of Iran

The Senate voted largely along party lines Friday evening to block a resolution seeking to prevent President Donald Trump from launching military strikes on Iran absent congressional authorization.

Senators voted 47 to 53 against discharging the war powers resolution, with Democratic Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman being the lone Democrat to buck his party. Fetterman is a staunch supporter of Israel and advocated for military action against Iran to prevent its leadership from acquiring a nuclear weapon.

“I’m going to vote no on that simply because I would never want to restrict any future president to do this kind of military exercise that was very successful,” Fetterman told reporters. He also said that congressional intervention in pre-Iran strikes would have hindered the success of the president’s military operation.

Fetterman has a higher approval rating with Republicans than Democrats in Pennsylvania, a June Susquehanna Polling and Research poll found.

Republican Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, who