{"id":5834,"date":"2025-06-22T17:38:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-22T17:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/5834\/"},"modified":"2025-06-22T17:38:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-22T17:38:11","slug":"reaction-to-iran-bombing-splits-on-party-line-while-state-monitors-threats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/5834\/","title":{"rendered":"Reaction to Iran bombing splits on party line, while state monitors threats"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Gen.<\/a>Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon on Sunday. (Photo by Alex Brandon\/Associated Press)<\/p>\n

San Diego lawmakers split along party lines in reacting to the U.S. bombing of Iran\u2019s nuclear weapons facilities on Sunday, while state law enforcement monitored possible threats.<\/p>\n

The Pentagon said a force of seven B-2 stealth bombers flying from Missouri dropped 14 \u201cbunker buster\u201d bombs on three underground sites, while a Navy submarine in the Persian Gulf fired over two dozen Tomahawk missiles. Officials said facilities at Fordo, Natanz and Isfahan suffered \u201csevere damage.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWho says @realDonaldTrump<\/a>\u2019s Iran policy doesn\u2019t dig deep?\u201d said Rep. Darrell Issa<\/a> on X, referring to the 30,000-pound \u201cMassive Ordinance Penetrators\u201d dropped on the nuclear weapons sites.<\/p>\n

Issa, the sole Republican in the San Diego congressional delegation, added that Trump \u201cis showing the world the true meaning of peace through strength. And American strength is making peace with Iran possible for the first time in 46 years.\u201d<\/p>\n

But San Diego\u2019s Democratic members of congress voiced concerns about entering another war, and criticized Trump for not seeking congressional approval before attacking Iran.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe cannot allow any president to entangle the United States in another deadly and open-ended war without constitutional authority,\u201d said Rep. Mike Levin, who represents north coastal San Diego and South Orange counties.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran must never obtain a nuclear weapon. Our national security and the safety of our allies demand strength, resolve, and clear strategy. But strength in a democracy begins with the Constitution.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rep. Sara Jacobs<\/a>, who represents central San Diego County, echoed Levin on the constitutional question.<\/p>\n

\u201cTrump\u2019s strikes against Iran are not only unconstitutional, but an escalation that risks bringing the U.S. into another endless and deadly war,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Rep. Scott Peters<\/a> retweeted Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries\u2019 statement about the need for congressional authorization, and added, \u201cSan Diego knows all too well the true cost of war. I stand with all Americans in praying for the safety of American troops and for peace.\u201d<\/p>\n

Many sailors from San Diego are aboard the USS Carl Vinson and its escorting destroyers, which are patrolling in the north Arabian Sea near the key Strait of Hormuz, which Iran may try to close.<\/p>\n

Sen. Alex Padilla said he supported the attack, but called it \u201cunacceptable\u201d to proceed without Congress.<\/p>\n

\u201cDismantling Iran\u2019s nuclear weapons program is imperative for America\u2019s national security and essential to Israel\u2019s safety and right to exist,\u201d he said. \u201cHowever, it is unacceptable that the president disregarded his constitutional responsibility to seek and secure congressional authorization before launching these strikes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gov. Gavin Newsom said California was prepared for any fallout from the mission.<\/p>\n

\u201cCalifornia\u2019s State Threat Assessment Center is actively monitoring for any potential impacts in California,\u201d Newsom said. \u201cWhile there are no specific or credible counter threats, we are aware of at this time, we urge everyone to stay vigilant and report suspicious activity.\u201d<\/p>\n

City News Service contributed to this article.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon on Sunday. (Photo by…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5836,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5134],"tags":[5229,7328,7329,1582,276,7330,83,7331,375,7332,3549,7264,7333,7334,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-5834","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-diego","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-b-2-bombers","10":"tag-bombing","11":"tag-ca","12":"tag-california","13":"tag-darrell-issa","14":"tag-iran","15":"tag-mike-levin","16":"tag-nuclear-weapons","17":"tag-pentagon","18":"tag-san-diego","19":"tag-sandiego","20":"tag-sara-jacobs","21":"tag-scott-peters","22":"tag-united-states","23":"tag-united-states-of-america","24":"tag-unitedstates","25":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","26":"tag-us","27":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5834","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=5834"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5834\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}