Democrats Wrestle With How to Respond to Trump’s Strikes on Iran

“There are widely varied views,” Rep. Ritchie Torres told NOTUS. “So, naturally, there’s going to be widely varied messages.”

Hakeem Jeffries
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries conducts his weekly news conference in the Capitol Visitor Center. Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via AP

In the hours after President Donald Trump announced on Saturday that the U.S. had bombed Iran, dozens of Democrats leapt at the opportunity to blast out statements.

But handed an opportunity to put up a united front opposite Trump’s action and his dismissal of Congress’s authority to authorize the use of military force, Democrats struck vastly different tones.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said Trump “must provide the American people and Congress clear answers on the actions taken tonight and their implications for the safety of Americans.”