Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) pushed back against Democratic lawmakers slamming President Donald Trump’s strikes against Iran, suggesting these criticisms were “nowhere” when former President Barack Obama took similar actions in the Middle East.
Trump and the United States carried out strikes against three nuclear sites in Iran over the weekend, prompting an outcry from lawmakers like Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) to criticize both the bombing and the lack of briefing they received on it. On the matter of the strikes, Lawler “fully” backed Trump’s decision, citing how the need for Iran not to have a nuclear weapon is a bipartisan policy.
“To my colleagues who were saying it is unconstitutional, where were they when Barack Obama struck Libya?” Lawler asked on
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