Several Democrats on Capitol Hill notably broke with their party and publicly supported President Donald Trump’s strikes on three Iranian nuclear facilities over the weekend, highlighting a divide over how best to respond to the act of aggression.
Most of the party came out strongly against Trump’s decision in the hours following Saturday night’s action, arguing that it puts the U.S. at risk of a protracted war — the exact sort of thing that the president campaigned against.
But there were a few high-profile Democratic defections in the aftermath of the bombings.