{"id":4242,"date":"2025-06-22T03:47:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-22T03:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/4242\/"},"modified":"2025-06-22T03:47:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-22T03:47:10","slug":"aoc-furious-dems-call-for-trump-to-be-impeached-over-iran-strikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/4242\/","title":{"rendered":"AOC, furious Dems call for Trump to be impeached over Iran strikes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Progressive Squad Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez<\/a> and a chorus of Democrats called on President Trump<\/a> to be impeached after he decided to bomb top nuclear facilities of Iran \u2014 blasting the move as \u201cunconstitutional.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe President\u2019s disastrous decision to bomb Iran without authorization is a grave violation of the Constitution and Congressional War Powers,\u201d Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) declared not long after Trump announced the attack<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe has impulsively risked launching a war that may ensnare us for generations.\u00a0It is absolutely and clearly grounds for impeachment.\u201d<\/p>\n

Several lawmakers of both parties met President Trump with fuming responses to his decision to bomb nuclear facilities in Iran. REUTERS<\/p>\n

AOC called on Trump to be impeached over Iran strikes. LP Media<\/p>\n

Earlier\u00a0in the day on Saturday, Trump announced that he had ordered strikes to target Iran\u2019s Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan nuclear sites<\/a>. Trump noted that all American\u00a0planes successfully departed Iranian airspace and were \u201csafely on their way home.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump endured bipartisan backlash over the strikes, but so far, only Democrats have clamored for impeachment despite some of them acknowledging that they lack the votes.<\/p>\n

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), who hasn\u2019t been shy about splitting with Trump in the past, simply declared: \u201cThis is not Constitutional.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) simply declared: \u201cThis is not Constitutional.\u201d in response to the bombings. Getty Images<\/p>\n

Top Intel Committee Democrat Jim Himes (D-Conn.) similarly accused Trump of exceeding his presidential authorities with the strikes and griped that he was not given advance notice of the attacks.<\/p>\n

\u201cAccording to the Constitution, we are both sworn to defend, my attention to this matter comes BEFORE bombs fall. Full stop,\u201d Himes fumed on X.<\/p>\n

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Himes is a member of the so-called Gang of Eight, a group of eight lawmakers, including the majority and minority parties\u2019 leaders and top members of the intelligence committees in both chambers of Congress.\u00a0<\/p>\n

House Speaker Mike Johnson <\/a>(R-La.) and other top Republicans had been given advance notice of the strikes, a source familiar confirmed to The Post.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries<\/a> (D-NY) said the president needs to explain to the American people \u201cwhy this military action was undertaken.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump announced US struck three Iranian nuclear sites today. AP<\/p>\n

\u201cTrump administration bears the heavy burden of explaining to the American people why this military action was undertaken,\u201d Jeffries said in a statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cCongress must be fully and immediately briefed in a classified setting,\u201d he added. \u201cDonald Trump shoulders complete and total responsibility for any adverse consequences that flow from his unilateral military action.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, despite the constitutional concerns critics have raised, legal scholar Jonathan Turley stressed that other presidents have engaged in similar strikes abroad.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese members would have to argue that it is a high crime and misdemeanor under Section 4 of Article Two of the United States Constitution,\u201d Turley wrote on X, referring to congressional critics of Trump.<\/p>\n

\u201cHowever, prior presidents have used the same authority in launching major attacks on foreign nations.\u201d<\/p>\n

A map of the three nuclear sites struck in Iran. Tam Nguyen \/ \/ NYPost Design<\/p>\n

Turley pointed to military force that had similarly been used by former Presidents Bill Clinton, Barack Obama and others on places like Libya,\u00a0Khartoum, Sudan and Afghanistan.<\/p>\n

But the legal scholar also warned that the situation is at risk of escalating dramatically.<\/p>\n

\u201cSince Iran has threatened to attack the United States in response to such an operation, it could trigger a series of cascading decisions. For example, under Article Five of the NATO treaty, an attack on one member is an attack on all,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n

Firebrand Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene<\/a> (R-Ga.), a prominent Trump ally who opposed the strikes, called for peace in response.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Onlookers watch Trump\u2019s address to the nation at a bar in Chicago. REUTERS<\/p>\n

\u201cLet us join together and pray for the safety of our U.S. troops and Americans in the Middle East,\u201d she wrote.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cLet us pray that we are not attacked by terrorists on our homeland after our border was open for the past 4 years and over 2 Million gotaways came in.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hours before the attack, Greene complained that \u201cEvery time America is on the verge of greatness, we get involved in another foreign war,\u201d\u00a0Rep. Sean Casten (D-Ill.) also called it an \u201cunambiguous impeachable offense.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sen. Bernie Sanders<\/a> (I-Vt.) admonished Trump\u2019s strikes\u00a0as \u201cgrossly unconstitutional.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read the latest on the US bombing of Iran\u2019s nuclear facilities:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe only entity that can take this country to war is the US Congress. The president does not have the right,\u201d he said during a rally in Oklahoma.However, not every member of Congress bashed the strikes. Many commended Trump for hitting Iran.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cAs I\u2019ve long maintained, this was the correct move by,\u201d Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) cheered. \u201cIran is the world\u2019s leading sponsor of terrorism and cannot have nuclear capabilities. I\u2019m grateful for and salute the finest military in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cGood. This was the right call. The regime deserves it.\u00a0Well done,\u201d Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said. \u201cTo my fellow citizens: We have the best Air Force in the world. It makes me so proud.\u00a0Fly, Fight, Win.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump in the situation room when the US struck Iran. The White House\/ X<\/p>\n

New York Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) also called it the \u201cright decision.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cLike when President Obama struck Libya, Syria, Pakistan, and Yemen \u2014 he did so under the terms of the 2001 and 2002 AUMF [Authorization for Use of Military Force].\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWar has not been declared, however, a Nuclear Iran has been prevented. I fully support the President\u2019s decision.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Progressive Squad Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and a chorus of Democrats called on President Trump to be impeached after…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4243,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,69,83,71,405,403,5226,5225,375,5228,5227,80,5620,67,586,132,5230,68,5621,2969,107],"class_list":{"0":"post-4242","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-donald-trump","10":"tag-iran","11":"tag-israel-iran-conflict","12":"tag-new-york","13":"tag-new-york-city","14":"tag-newyork","15":"tag-newyorkcity","16":"tag-nuclear-weapons","17":"tag-ny","18":"tag-nyc","19":"tag-politics","20":"tag-republicans","21":"tag-united-states","22":"tag-united-states-of-america","23":"tag-unitedstates","24":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","25":"tag-us","26":"tag-us-house-of-representatives","27":"tag-usa","28":"tag-world-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114724971703735090","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4242"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4242\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}