U.S. lawmakers react after Trump announces military operation against Iran

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Reactions are pouring successful aft the United States and Israel announced a large subject operation against Iran aboriginal Saturday, pursuing weeks of threats from President Trump.

Mr. Trump announced the assault, dubbed "Operation Epic Fury," successful a video connected Truth Social. He called connected Iran's subject forces to laic down their weapons and connected Iran's civilians to emergence up and "take implicit your government." Mr. Trump told the Washington Post that helium wanted to unafraid state and information for the Iranian people.

Sen. Roger Wicker, a Republican from Mississippi and the president of the Senate Armed Services Committee, called the enactment a "pivotal and indispensable cognition to support Americans and American interests" and said the "Iranian authorities has ne'er been weaker."

Trump state Sen. Lindsey Graham said the cognition had "been well-planned" and would beryllium "violent, extended and I believe, astatine the extremity of the day, successful."

"My caput is racing with the thought that the murderous ayatollah's authorities successful Iran volition soon beryllium nary more. The biggest alteration successful the Middle East successful a 1000 years is upon us," Graham, a Republican representing South Carolina, said connected societal media. He offered prayers for anyone participating successful the operation, and said the effort volition marque "America much harmless and yet much prosperous."

Sen. Tom Cotton, a Republican representing Arkansas and the seat of the Senate Intelligence Committee, shared a database of crimes committed by Iran and said the "butcher's measure has yet travel owed for the ayatollahs."

"History volition grounds this night. America and Israel did not flinch and did not negociate with darkness," Rep. Nancy Mace wrote connected societal media. "President Trump understood what the anemic could not bring themselves to say: that bid is not recovered successful appeasement - it is won. The Iranian radical person bled for their freedom. Their cries did not autumn connected deaf ears. Not connected Trump's watch."

Sen. Ruben Gallego, a Democrat from Arizona and Iraq War veteran, criticized the operation.

"I mislaid friends successful Iraq to an amerciable war," Gallego said connected societal media. "Young working-class kids should not wage the eventual terms for authorities alteration and a warfare that hasn't been explained oregon justified to the American people. We tin enactment the ideology question and the Iranian radical without sending our troops to die."

Rep. Thomas Massie, a predominant professional of Mr. Trump, appeared to describe the cognition arsenic "acts of warfare unauthorized by Congress" connected societal media. In June 2025,

Massie introduced a resolution directing the president to "terminate the usage of U.S. Armed Forces from hostilities against Iran" without an enactment of Congress. Democrats were readying to compel a ballot connected a warfare powers solution introduced by Massie and Rep. Ro Khanna.

Khanna said Saturday morning that Congress "must convene connected Monday" to ballot connected the solution "to halt this" and called connected Congressional members to stock their voting plans implicit the weekend.

"Donald Trump has launched a warfare connected Iran. The Congress indispensable reconvene connected Monday to ballot connected Thomas Massie's and my warfare powers solution to halt this war. Trump says his extremity is to topple the Iranian regime," Khanna said successful a video. "But the American radical are bushed of authorities change, wars that outgo america billions of dollars and hazard our lives. We don't privation to beryllium astatine warfare with a state of 90 cardinal radical successful the Middle East."

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