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Chapter 1: What was the outcome of the House War Powers vote?
On this vote, the yeas are 215 and the nays are 208. The concurrent resolution is adopted. Without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table.
There you have it. The House of Representatives just voted to pass a war powers resolution to block Donald Trump's unlawful and catastrophic war in Iran.
Chapter 2: Which Republicans supported the War Powers Resolution against Trump?
Four Republicans joined with the Democrats to pass this war powers resolution. These Republicans included Thomas Massey, Warren Davidson, Tom Barrett. and Brian Fitzpatrick. You'll recall over the past two weeks, MAGA Mike Johnson shut down the House of Representatives because he feared that there would be a vote that would pass the War Powers Resolution.
So he sent everybody home because it's a privileged resolution.
Chapter 3: What actions did MAGA Mike Johnson take to avoid the War Powers vote?
It had to be taken up again when they returned. So it was taken up again and it just passed. Now it has to also still pass in the Senate. The Senate already passed a procedural hurdle regarding a War Powers Resolution. So now the Senate would have to formally take it up, but they have the votes in the Senate to pass it as well.
Chapter 4: How is the War Powers Resolution impacting U.S. military actions in Iran?
So essentially, you have the Senate and the House rebuking Donald Trump and his unlawful and catastrophic war in Iran. And this comes at the same time that we see open hostilities escalating in the Middle East, Donald Trump violating the ceasefire and having the United States military strike in the Strait of Hormuz, in the Keshim Island area. We saw Iran retaliate by striking a
airport in Kuwait, international airport terminal, as well as a military base in Kuwait belonging to the United States and the Kuwaitis.
Chapter 5: What did Trump say during his press conference regarding the situation?
Also striking a military facility, a naval facility in Bahrain. Remember CENTCOM tried to act like None of this happened, and that Iran's missiles were taken out by the interceptors, which we now know to be false, and Congress, on a decently bipartisan basis, just completely fed up with Donald Trump's unlawful and catastrophic war.
Donald Trump held this disastrous press conference in the Oval Office right before the War Powers Resolution passed. And Donald Trump was saying that he's talking to Hezbollah and he's talking to Iran and things are looking great.
Chapter 6: How did Trump's statements reflect on his leadership abilities?
And that his idea of a ceasefire in the Middle East is when things aren't that bad, but when you still shoot at each other. I mean, it was a bunch of incoherent gibberish that was very, very, very alarming just about Trump's kind of mental and physical abilities as well. I'll get to that in a moment.
But let me show you right now, Maga Mike Johnson, right as this vote was taking place, you can see him kind of running away from the press, from Manu Raju and others, when he's being asked a very basic question, like, why wouldn't you, as the Speaker, want to join in this War Powers Resolution?
Chapter 7: What concerns were raised about Trump's approach to negotiations with Iran?
Don't you want to assert your Article I authority, that this is a congressional power, the ability to declare war? Don't you want to actually utilize your authority, or are you just like the Russian Duma? He didn't say the Russian Duma part, but that's essentially how I think we all view Congress under MAGA Mike with a lot of these MAGA sycophants. Watch what Mag and Mike says here.
Play this clip.
Chapter 8: What implications does the War Powers Resolution have for Trump's presidency?
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Why do you not support giving Congress a check on the president's authority? It's been 95 days since this war began. I think it is a very dangerous prospect to take away from the administration and the commander in chief right now the ability to negotiate. That's what this does. It weakens us, our position and our leverage in negotiation on the peace in that situation.
Operation Epic Fury is concluded. Shouldn't you guys have a check on it? Why doesn't Congress assert its authority here? It's constitutional authority. This question could have been asked at any time over the last half century when Congress has not passed War Powers Acts, when presidents like, oh, I don't know, Barack Obama were dropping bombs and missiles all around the world.
AUMS for Iraq and Afghanistan? This operation was immensely successful. The objectives that were well-defined were achieved. The president is now in the process of concluding a peace agreement, and we have to allow him the latitude to do that. And I think a war powers resolution right now is very untimely and a very negative and dangerous thing for the country.
Can you talk about your meeting with Sam Alden?
Now, as I noted, Donald Trump was holding a press conference in the Oval Office. It's the first time he held a public event in about eight days, and he looked absolutely horrible. I gave you my opinion, and I'll be clear, this is opinion speech. In my opinion, it looked like he had a mini stroke over the past eight days, and I think there were other reasons why he probably didn't go to Don Jr.
's wedding and he couldn't travel. I'm just giving you my opinion on And I think that Walter Reed visit and the eight days that he hasn't been on any public events, I think something else is going on. I'll just leave it at that. But anyway, a reporter asks him, so how do you define a ceasefire, right? This War Powers Resolution passed.
You're saying that there's a ceasefire, but there's a war taking place. You know, we know, we see it. So how do you define a ceasefire, which means cease fire? the fire, stop firing, move towards peace. Watch Donald Trump's kind of rambling, incoherent, and just awful answer. Here, play this clip. How do you define ceasefire?
How do you define ceasefire? Pretty much the way it is. It's a different part of the world. You know, I'd say in that part of the world, ceasefires when you're shooting in a more moderate manner.
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