Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a New York Democrat, ripped Donald Trump for his military attack against Iran on Saturday, saying the move is “absolutely and clearly grounds for impeachment.”

Ocasio-Cortez ripped the president’s action on X, formerly Twitter, and wrote, “The President’s disastrous decision to bomb Iran without authorization is a grave violation of the Constitution and Congressional War Powers. He has impulsively risked launching a war that may ensnare us for generations. It is absolutely and clearly grounds for impeachment.”

On the other hand, Senator John Fetterman, a Pennsylvania Democrat, came to Trump’s side and wrote on X, “As I’ve long maintained, this was the correct move by @POTUS. Iran is the world’s leading sponsor of terrorism and cannot have nuclear capabilities. I’m grateful for and salute the finest military in the world.”

  • SpookyBogMonster@lemmy.ml
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    11 hours ago

    Impeachment is how you do that…

    The house brings articles of impeachment, and term it’s up to the Senate to decide whether or not the president should be convicted, and thus removed from office

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      10 hours ago

      There’s another way, a more powerful way. But I don’t think the U. S. people has the resolve to do what their founding fathers did.

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        8 hours ago

        The US founding fathers never overthrew their leader. They just stopped answering the mail of a guy on the other side of the Atlantic.