House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) on Tuesday blasted Democrats who accused President Donald Trump of acting unconstitutionally after ordering strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, bluntly calling them out for their hypocrisy. “Presidents Ford, Carter, and Reagan … engaged in several military actions without congressional assent. … President Clinton followed with interventions in Somalia, Haiti, Bosnia, …
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House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) on Tuesday blasted Democrats who accused President Donald Trump of acting unconstitutionally after ordering strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, bluntly calling them out for their hypocrisy.
“PresidentsFord,Carter,andReagan…engagedinseveralmilitaryactionswithoutcongressionalassent.…PresidentClintonfollowedwithinterventionsinSomalia,Haiti,Bosnia,theMiddleEast,and,mostsignificantly,Kosovo,noneofwhichwereauthorizedbyCongress.WhilePresidentGeorgeW.BushsoughtandreceivedapprovalofthewarsinAfghanistanandIraq,PresidentObama’swarsinLibyaandSyriawentaheadinviolationoftheWarPowersResolution’stimelimits,”NationalRev
