Efforts by \u201cSquad\u201d Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and other Democrats to impeach President Donald Trump over his strike on Iran slammed into a wall on Monday, with one key Democrat senator declaring the scheme \u201cdead on arrival.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA), who backed Trump\u2019s bold move to strike Iranian nuclear targets on Sunday, shut down rumors that Democrats would push Republicans to launch new impeachment proceedings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The far-fetched effort gained some momentum after Democrat leaders accused President Trump of violating the Constitution by starting a \u201cwar\u201d without congressional approval.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOf course, no [he should not be impeached],\u201d Fetterman told Fox News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cShe knows it. I know it. We all know it\u2026 that is not going anywhere. He has been impeached twice, and now he is still our president as well too, so it is not going anywhere, and I do not think [bringing it up is] helpful.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fetterman\u2019s comments followed AOC\u2019s latest call for impeachment, what would be a historic third attempt, after 14 \u201cbunker buster\u201d bombs hit Iranian nuclear enrichment facilities early Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cThe President\u2019s disastrous decision to bomb Iran without authorization is a grave violation of the Constitution and Congressional War Powers,\u201d the Bronx congresswoman posted online shortly after the strikes were revealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fetterman also warned that throwing the word \u201cimpeachment\u201d around so casually only cheapens its meaning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI think if you throw that term around, that actually diminishes the severity of what impeachment is really reserved for,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Far-left Rep. Sean Casten (D-IL) echoed AOC, though he admitted there was little chance of success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI am not saying we have the votes to impeach,\u201d Casten posted. \u201cI am saying that you DO NOT do this without Congressional approval.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
More establishment Democrat leaders were far more cautious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) blasted Trump, claiming the president \u201cfailed to seek congressional authorization for the use of military force and risks American entanglement in a potentially disastrous war in the Middle East.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDonald Trump shoulders complete and total responsibility for any adverse consequences that flow from his unilateral military action,\u201d Jeffries added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, Vice President J.D. Vance strongly defended Trump\u2019s decision, saying the president had full authority to act before Iran could retaliate against Israel or attack U.S. forces in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFirst of all, the president has clear authority to act to prevent the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction,\u201d Vance told NBC\u2019s \u201cMeet the Press.\u201d \u201cThe idea that this was outside of presidential authority, I think any real serious legal person would tell you that is not true.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) also reminded critics of how many times Democrat presidents used military force without facing calls for impeachment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFor my colleagues that are now demanding impeachment, it is absolutely absurd,\u201d Lawler told \u201cFox & Friends.\u201d \u201cBarack Obama attacked Libya, Syria, Pakistan, Yemen during his tenure and never once did they call for impeachment. So, these folks are truly reaching new levels of Trump derangement in the aftermath of yesterday\u2019s decision.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Sunday defended President Donald Trump\u2019s use of the U.S. military to strike three suspected Iranian nuclear weapons facilities, saying that he didn\u2019t need Congress\u2019s approval to take the action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe President made the right call, and did what he needed to do. Leaders in Congress were aware of the urgency of this situation and the Commander-in-Chief evaluated that the imminent danger outweighed the time it would take for Congress to act,\u201d Johnson wrote<\/a> on the X platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe world\u2019s largest state sponsor of terrorism, which chants \u2018Death to America,\u2019 simply could not be allowed the opportunity to obtain and use nuclear weapons. The President fully respects the Article I power of Congress, and tonight\u2019s necessary, limited, and targeted strike follows the history and tradition of similar military actions under presidents of both parties,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Efforts by \u201cSquad\u201d Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and other Democrats to impeach President Donald Trump over his strike<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":811,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=810"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/810\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":812,"href":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/810\/revisions\/812"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}