The Republicans of the Region in Congress praised the decision of President Donald Trump to bomb nuclear places in Iran in tardy Saturday, while the democrats largely criticized this movement, saying that the president pulled the country to war without the consent of Congress.
One exception was Senator John Fetterman (D., Pa.), Who wrote on X that “it was the right move”, adding that as “the leading sponsor of terrorism in the world” “cannot have nuclear abilities”.
Fetterman, one of the worst allies of Israel in Washington, spent the last week encouraging military actions against Iran, at some point encouraging Israel direct the highest regime leaderAyatollah Ali Chamenei.
Israel hit Iranian military and nuclear places in Iran on June 13, and Iran took revenge by shooting bullets and drones in Israel. Hundreds of people were killed and 1000 wounded in Iran; In Israel, two dozen people were killed and hundreds of injured.
Senator Dave McCormick (R., Pa.) Praised Trump’s entrance to the war, blaming strikes for the lack of “conclusion of the contract” around his nuclear program.
“This is an important step in the direction of ensuring that the world’s largest sponsor of terror will never get nuclear weapons”, published X.
But a few democrats from Pennsylvania and New Jersey said that Trump was working unilaterally to escalate military operations against Iran after misleading the public, ordering bombing only two days after he said that there is a “significant chance of negotiating” with Iran and that it will wait two weeks to decide or hit.
“We bombed the nation with which we are not in the war and we did it without the fact that Congress did not know about it, voting over it or approving. The actions of President Trump are not only unconstitutional – they are dangerous”, Rep. Chrissy Houlahan, who represents Chester and was an air force officer, wrote on X.
Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon, whose district includes the entire Delaware and parts of Montgomery and southern Philadelphia, said that Trump erected military members, American audiences and civilians in the Middle East, with “without a clear warranty” that the attacks prevented Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.
During Sunday at World, Refugee at Love Park in Philadelphia SCANLON repeated her criticism of strikes.
“We have not heard any information about why the need for inevitable actions, as opposed to diplomacy,” she said. “This is what a lot of anxiety comes from. It is much easier to start a war in the Middle East than to finish one.”
Rep. Summer Lee, a democrat who represents the parts of Pittsburgh and Alleghena, called the illegal attack, and Trump “dishonest president.”
About BlueSky, nj Sen. Andy Kim wrote Long thread of questions for Trump’s administration on strikesIn this, whether Trump consulted with allies outside of Israel and whether the administration has a plan to return to the negotiating table and avoid a wider regional war.
“The fact that we have no answers to these questions before these strikes shows why we needed congress authorization for military activities, as stated in the constitution,” he wrote.
Rep. Miki Sherrill, a former US Navy officer, who is a democratic nominee for New Jersey governor, called Iran the pursuit of nuclear weapons “serious threat”, but said that Trump should have been looking for permission to congress before the attack.
“I call on all pages to return to the negotiating table, stop this conflict and diplomatically making sure that Iran will not be able to buy nuclear weapons,” she wrote on X.
Her Republican opponent, Jack Ciattarelli, praised this decision and said that Iran, who is able to be powered nuclearly, would be a earnest threat to Israel and can destabilize the Middle East even more. “
He joined other Republicans from Pennsylvania and New Jersey, who said that Trump was definitely active to prevent you from supporting a terrorist achievement of nuclear energy.
“The world is now safer because of the decisive actions of President Trump,” Rep. Scott Perry (R., Dauphin) wrote on x.
Rep. Jeff Van Drew, who represents a significant part of Southern New Jersey, called the strikes “necessary to protect our country and our people from the threat of nuclear war.”
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick from Bucks County, the only Republican representing the south -eastern Pennsylvania at home, said that the strikes were “the right call” and emphasized that “peace through strength is how we lead.”
Personnel writers Max Marin and Julia Terruso contributed to this article, which also contains information from Associated Press.
