Remember the Republican reaction when Obama did the same thing in Libya?
Reeeeeee! 72 hours to get our approval or we’ll impeach you! Reeeeeee! Not authorized! Not funded!
Then when our embassy there… in Benghazi… was attacked… it was years of “Reeeee! Why didn’t you DO something!!!”
“This is an unacceptable violation of the constitution,” said Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, a Washington Democrat and the chair of the Progressive Caucus. “Article 1 requires that military action be authorized by Congress.”
I wish she had a point here, but Congress hasn’t actually done that since 1941.
Also, you are in Congress. If anybody can DO something about this, it’s YOU. Complaining doesn’t count.
A member of Congress had no power at all unless they can get a bunch of their colleagues in the same page. Complaining is part of her job.
Sure. But she’s already got that, hasn’t she?
