Madame Speaker is having none of this - new tweet

[Dennis Donovan]

Link to tweet

Pelosi Statement on White House’s War Powers Act Notification of Hostilities Against Iran
JANUARY 4, 2020 PRESS RELEASE
San Francisco – Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued this statement after the White House notified the Congress of the initiation of hostilities against Iran, pursuant to the War Powers Act of 1973, after conducting airstrikes against Iranian high-level military officials near Baghdad International Airport:

“This classified War Powers Act notification delivered to Congress raises more questions than it answers. This document prompts serious and urgent questions about the timing, manner and justification of the Administration’s decision to engage in hostilities against Iran. The highly unusual decision to classify this document in its entirety compounds our many concerns, and suggests that the Congress and the American people are being left in the dark about our national security.

“The Trump Administration’s provocative, escalatory and disproportionate military engagement continues to put servicemembers, diplomats and citizens of America and our allies in danger. This initiation of hostilities was taken without an Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) against Iran, without the consultation of the Congress and without the articulation of a clear and legitimate strategy to either the Congress or the public.

“As Speaker of the House, I reiterate my call on the Administration for an immediate, comprehensive briefing of the full Congress on military engagement related to Iran and next steps under consideration. The Administration must work with the Congress to advance a bonafide de-escalatory strategy that prevents further violence.”

[PSPS]

1. Fortunately, Iran will see this too and realize there are still sane people in the government.

[Pacifist Patriot]

5. I wish I could believe that.

[Hortensis]

6. Iran helped elect Trump. Sane, responsible, tough-minded

Democrats are not the ones they wanted running the U.S.

[PSPS]

9. LOL Yes, I'm sure Iran wanted to have sanctions re-imposed and the nuclear agreement scuttled.

[Hortensis]

16. No kidding. I have no idea what they were thinking.

Almost every competent leader on the planet, and Iran's are competent, had to have obtained an in-depth personality profile and other analysis of Trump once he won the primary at latest and was just one step away from the presidency.

[scarletwoman]

23. Huh? Really? How did Iran help elect Trump?

Sorry, doesn't make sense to me, and this is the first time I've ever come across that assertion.

[regnaD kciN]

8. Which means...

...that Democrats will soon be accused of “giving aid and comfort to the enemy.”

Count on it. It was used as a shut-down tactic for any opposition to the Vietnam War, and it will be similarly used again.

[PSPS]

12. Won't work this time

1. Despite the media's breathless desire, we're not at war with Iran, nor will we be
2. There's no draft nor will there be one
3. Trump is more widely-reviled than Nixon ever was
4. Trump's "base" is tiny and shrinking as we speak (despite the media's insistence of a 50/50 horse race)

[mwooldri]

19. Soon? In Trumpfuckistanland already is the case.

But then anyone against El Presidente is a traitor automatically anyway.

[bobbieinok]

26. Not simply a traitor. Those against T are 'agents of Satan'. Evangelicals waging 'holy war' vs dems

[wnylib]

17. Or they mmight push back really hard

in order to deepen the divide in our government in the hope of undercutting Trump.

[duforsure]

29. I think after oil prices skyrocket upward , and putin and Iran make a ton more in oil revenues

Iran will do little while trump will be told by putin to back off. That's trump and putins pattern also. trumps just a puppet for putin. putin wants oil sanctions lifted next, and buying the gop with campaign funding will insure putin gets it. they also needed a distraction badly as trumps numbers are tanking on him, and this will replace the news away from his impeachment. But its all backfiring on them. Its not working like they thought it would, and they will be exposed for this. I think it'll come out there was no critical threat , and it was fabricated and their claims exaggerated greatly. Their ploy is miserably failing, and the propaganda is being exposed.

[Kurt V.]

2. yet what done is done. Thank you speaker pelosi.

[dewsgirl]

3. She's my president.❤

[greatauntoftriplets]

4. This is exactly what I expected her to say.

Thank you, Madame Speaker.

[Mr.Bill]

7. It used to be that leaders in third world countries

made threatening statements not to make their adversaries fear them, but to enhance their tough guy image among their people. In this sense, welcome to living in a third world country.

[dixiegrrrrl]

10. He is enhancing a tuff guy image for his people.

Putin and other dictators.

[spanone]

11. this mal-administration operates completely in the dark...it's none of our business what they do

[vapor2]

13. Does anyone think he will brief Congress?

He will tell Eric and Lindsey of his actions but he feels he never needs to consult Congress. I am waiting for Pelosi to revoke her invite for this warmonger's SOTU speech.

[bucolic_frolic]

14. "highly unusual decision to classify"

I thought it strange, never heard of one of these being classified. What's more public than military action? Classifying this is akin to moving things to a classified server where no one can see it.

Barr at work, Bannon's influence still apparent in destroying the customary ways of doing things.

We are headed for Congressional confrontation over this, Trump has made SOTU more difficult for himself. I would bet he'll be angry.

[smirkymonkey]

15. The tweets on that twitter thread were disgusting.

It's hard to believe that there are so many stupid, ignorant people out there. I support Nancy completely.

[catrose]

18. Ditto 4 the Squad. My one hope is they're all bots. I don't want my fellow Americans to be like that

[Kaiserguy]

21. Hell 40%

of America is just plain ignorant and it is willful ignorance born of hate and fear.

[Evolve Dammit]

35. I suspect that number is pretty darn close. Very sad, but kids become what they learn.

[SCVDem]

20. The Iranian people in general

Like us. They want to be like us.

America under Republicans keep fucking that up.

In 1951, Mohammad Mosaddegh was appointed as the Prime Minister. He became enormously popular in Iran after he nationalized Iran's petroleum industry and oil reserves. He was deposed in the 1953 Iranian coup d'état, an Anglo-American covert operation that marked the first time the United States had participated in the overthrow of a foreign government during the Cold War. Wiki

We keep throwing gas on this. Obama had the right start! Not the end solution, but a start.

[Mersky]

22. +1

[ProfessorGAC]

30. They Desperately Need Bogeymen!

Fear is their only point of leverage.

[Talitha]

24. Thank you, Madame Speaker.

[burrowowl]

27. Nancy is one tough person and very analytical!

[riversedge]

28. Keep up the good work Madam Speaker

[Farmer-Rick]

31. Let all those Trumps sitting in our White House fight their Trumped up wars.

Even the nude first lady could help out the troops Traitor Trump is a going to kill.

[47of74]

34. I'm going to send a letter to the local newspaper telling all our old Branch Trumpvidians that...

...they need to get their asses down to the recruiting station and join up for once in their useless lives. I ain't having none of their dumb fuck penis measuring contests this time around.

[malthaussen]

32. So, he notified Congress and classified the notification?

Neat trick, that.

-- Mal

[Mr.Bill]

36. It needs to get leaked. n/t

[Missn-Hitch]

33. Gog, Magog, Jesus, 12th Imam. The soothsayers are on the loose.