New York Democrat calls for President Trump’s impeachment over Iran bombing

New York Democrat calls for President Trump’s impeachment over Iran bombing

New York Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has called for President Donald Trump to be impeached after he decided to bomb the top nuclear facilities of Iran, blasting the move as “unconstitutional.”

Ocasio-Cortez argued that by striking the Iranian nuclear facilities ‘’without authorisation from lawmakers” on Capitol Hill, the president breached the Constitution and Congressional War Powers.

“The President’s disastrous decision to bomb Iran without authorization is a grave violation of the Constitution and Congressional War Powers,” Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) declared not long after Trump announced the attack.

“He has impulsively risked launching a war that may ensnare us for generations. It is absolutely and clearly grounds for impeachment.”

Earlier, Trump announced that he had ordered strikes to target Iran’s Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan nuclear sites. Trump noted that all American planes successfully departed Iranian airspace and were “safely on their way home.”

Trump has been receiving backlash over the strikes, with Rep. Thomas Massie clamouring for his impeachment.

Massie (R-Ky.), who hasn’t been shy about splitting with Trump in the past, simply declared: “This is not Constitutional.”

Top Intel Committee Democrat Jim Himes (D-Conn.) similarly accused Trump of exceeding his presidential authorities with the strikes and slammed that he was not given advance notice of the attacks.

“According to the Constitution, we are both sworn to defend, my attention to this matter comes BEFORE bombs fall. Full stop,” Himes fumed on X.