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torawayyesterday at 7:12 PM0 repliesview on HN

Your “sources” are just mindless whataboutism that do not in any way provide evidence Harris/Democrats would have started this same idiotic war with Iran.

Democrats in Congress are currently almost universally opposed to the War in Iran. As the minority party they are unable to stop it unilaterally. Budget obstructions are the single lever available to them and given other issues like ICE, healthcare cuts, federal layoffs, can’t be used for every issue, every time without diffusing that very limited power into irrelevance.

Talk about “controlled opposition” given the blatantly obvious differences between the last two administrations is a signal of either being uninformed or a deliberate demotivational strategy.

Here are recent quotes from Schumer/Jefferies/Harris that for some reason you selectively chose not to include:

  "Trump’s actions in Iran will be considered one of the greatest policy blunders in the history of our country," - Chuck Schumer

  “The American people are sick and tired of the chaos, high costs and extreme Republican agenda. Donald Trump must end his reckless war of choice in the Middle East. Now.” - Hakeem Jefferies

  “In the last 48 hours Donald Trump has dragged America into a war that we don’t want” - Kamala Harris

  [1] https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/chuck-schumer-hakeem-jeffries-more-024256513.html?guccounter=1
[2] https://www.wpr.org/news/harris-iran-trump-dragged-america-w...