Rep. Adam Smith, House Armed Services Committee Ranking Member, stated he will not vote for an Iran supplemental bill, citing concerns about perpetuating the war and the potential for abuse of power. Smith highlighted the expanding scope of the conflict in the Middle East and the need to address the situation before providing additional funding. He also expressed worries about giving Trump more money.
On Friday’s broadcast of MS NOW’s “All In,” House Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Rep. Adam Smith said he won’t vote for an Iran supplemental “because that kind of helps perpetuate the war, get that under control, stop the war, and figure it out.
But even then, giving Trump more money with his proven record of abusing that power, not good.” Host Chris Hayes asked, “On the cost to the Treasury, there is going to be some — there’s talk about a supplemental war appropriations bill. Are you a yes or a no on that, as of now?” Smith answered, “I’m a hell no, because I’m not in favor of this war, and I’m sure as hell not in favor of continuing to fund it, because that kind of helps perpetuate the war, get that under control, stop the war, and figure it out. But even then, giving Trump more money with his proven record of abusing that power, not good. And, also, let’s keep in mind this is a full-scale Middle East war now, alright. This is even a wider war than Iraq was. This has spread. We’ve got the war between Israel and Lebanon going now at full scale. We’ve got the Kurds in the north have been dragged into it. A French servicemember was killed. Five others were injured in an attack in Erbil. We have 14 different countries that have been dragged into this war. I’ve used this analogy before, but Trump is basically a bull who has stumbled into the world’s largest, most densely-packed china shop, and it is spreading and causing an enormous amount of pain, death, casualties, economic pain. So, as I said, the cost is outweighing the benefit.”Maher: Being Jewish 'Maybe a Complete Dealbreaker in the Democratic Party'Trump: ‘Many Countries’ Will Send Warships to Patrol the Strait of Hormuz **Livewire** Operation Epic Fury Day Fifteen: U.S. Strikes 90 Targets on Critical Kharg Island, Avoid Oil Facilities MS NOW’s Rhodes: Don’t Have to Like Iran to Find Them ‘More Credible’ on Account of Nuke Talks than Witkoff Iranian Foreign Minister Admits Mentioning Nuclear Bombs Like Witkoff Said, Claims It Wasn’t a ThreatHavana Lago? Could Trump Save Cuba, Launch Casinos? Exclusive – GOP Strategist Rob Lockwood: Trump Admin Has Done ‘So Much’ on Energy to Make Life ‘Affordable’Gwen Stefani Says She Became a ‘Real Christian’ After Miracle Pregnancy at 44 that Her Son Prayed for ‘Every Night’
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