Ruben Gallego

None of this seems good.

And it's also totally off focus of where the American public wants us to be, which is on domestic issues because people are really hurting right now.

The only reason I heard, which is also not a reason, a rational reason or and or a reason to go around Congress, was that there was an imminent attack that was going to happen because Israel was going to attack Iran with or without us.

And by that happening, that would mean that we were going to get attacked in retaliation for.

Therefore, we had to join in a preeminent attack on Israel, which is.

Absolute BS.

Why are we subordinating our war-making decisions to any country?

Mind you, we are the superpower of the world.

In what world would we allow the UK to decide to go to war with us or any NATO partner or anybody else?

And so that first excuse or the first reasoning, which I actually think is probably pretty close to the truth,

felt like, you know, a lead weight in MAGA world.

And that's why you're seeing a big retreat because MAGA world does not like the messaging of we went to war because Israel forced our hand.

Exactly.

I think it's very simple.

This is a war of choice.

And this is a distraction from, you know, focusing on what people need right now.

Lower prices, you know, be able to buy a home, be able to buy a car.

Keep it very simple, like as simple as possible.

And I don't know if Derek and I talked about this, but I've always been an advocate is, yes, we don't have to fight everywhere all the time.

We have to be very selective of the battles we take this president on because he does try to overwhelm us, and we are in the minority.