Republican hawks won't push Trump to escalate Iran conflict
Most Republican senators on Wednesday left an Iran briefing from top Trump administration officials satisfied. Not Mike Lee.Lee fumed that the officials warned against even debating legislation to restrict President Donald Trump’s authority to strike Iran — blasting their comments as “un-American” and “unconstitutional,” not to mention way too short.
“I walked into the briefing undecided, I walked out decided, specifically because of what happened in that briefing,” Lee said. “A homerun speech by President Trump about the challenges we face with Iran. It was measured and firm,” said Sen. Lindsey Graham , one of Trump’s top allies in Congress. Story continuesThe broad GOP support for Trump’s efforts to cool the crisis — which he sparked last week with the Soleimani strike — underscored the reluctance among Republicans in Congress toward a wider war as well as their steadfast backing of Trump.
Even Rep. Liz Cheney, a leading defense hawk and the third-ranking House Republican, softened her tone on Iran. The Wyoming lawmaker had called for “retaliation” on Tuesday evening, but on Wednesday morning, she noted there were no American casualties and predicted the GOP would be in lockstep with Trump.So far, no Republicans have called on Trump to respond with new military operations against Iran.
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