Joaquin Castro

And so they were staying up late, super late.

And my daughter, my 12-year-old was still awake.

So I was still awake.

And I started seeing this stuff come up on X and other social media.

And then I turned on, you know, the news channels.

and then saw some of the footage coming through.

But no, I mean, you know, I'm on the Intel Committee.

I'm the ranking member for Western Hemisphere on the Foreign Affairs Committee.

And we got zero notice, like nothing.

I mean, no heads up.

And the thing has been, I had asked Marco Rubio, when they did that briefing, they had a big briefing on December 16 or 17.

And I asked him specifically, I said, if you guys are going to do a land strike or some kind of land invasion, are you going to come to Congress to get authorization to do it, what we call an AUMF?

And he said, we'll come to Congress for anything that requires an AUMF.

But he also said, we haven't made any plans for anything like that.

I mean, that obviously just wasn't true.

No, I mean, look, this has been and I don't say this lightly.

Right.

And it's not just partisan criticism like, OK, I'm a Democrat and these guys are Republicans.

I mean, this has been the most secretive, least transparent administration, certainly that I've dealt with.

I mean, I've been here 13 years, but in my conversations with people that have served a lot longer, including some Republicans.