On Wednesday, after a closed-door, classified briefing on the conflict with Iran and the intelligence which led to the decision to take out Iranian terrorist and warlord General Qasem Soleimani, two Republican senators took to the press to publicly bash Trump. No doubt, the liberal media relished their dissent.
Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT), castigated the President, claiming the confidential briefing was “the worst” he’d seen on military issues in his nine years in the U.S. Senate, implying President Obama’s intelligence briefings were better.
He claimed he left the briefing “somewhat unsatisfied” with the information given justifying the attack on Soleimani, saying “I find this insulting and demeaning.” He will now move forward to vote for the left-wing resolution brought forth by failed vice-presidential candidate Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA), which aims to restrict the President’s power in defending the country without vivisecting the issue in Congress.
Sen. Rand Paul went up to bat for Lee, announcing, “Today, this is Sen. Lee and I saying, we are not abdicating our duty.”
“They had to leave after 75 minutes while they’re in the process of telling us that we need to be good little boys and girls and run along and not debate this in public,” Lee continued. “I find that absolutely insane. I think it’s unacceptable.”
Apparently, the senator from Utah does not think it is his responsibility or his duty to support the constitutional actions of President Trump to bring peace to the Middle East and support his party’s leader.
Democrats will no doubt embrace and editorialize the deflection by Sen. Lee, which will only help Democrats and hurt Republicans.
Other Republicans, however, called the briefing informative and robust, such as Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC), who said the briefing “gave the greatest breadth of information that was not only compelling but certainly exhaustive in terms of the number of attacks and planned attacks that have been contemplated and why the need for action was necessitated.”