Ky. Republican Massie says he will push for congressional vote on Iran war
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Republican U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky says he will work with a House Democrat to force a congressional vote on war with Iran while his Trump-endorsed primary challenger applauded the attack, calling it “deterrence.”
With the exception of Sen. Rand Paul, who said he must oppose “another Presidential war,” other Kentucky Republicans lined up behind President Donald Trump’s decision to begin bombing Iran, while the state’s lone Democrat in Congress called it “Trump’s illegal war.”
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