'An Insult To The Constitution': Rand Paul Blasts Trump, Lindsay Graham
At least two Republicans are furious with the Trump Administration's refusal to include any specific information or details on the "imminent threat" justifying the assassination of Iranian General Soleimani.
Only Trump's loyal sycophants are pretending to buy the White House rationale.
On Wednesday, Wolf Blitzer asked Rand Paul about the 'Gang of Gight' briefing he was part of, that caused his and Sen. Mike Lee's, "angry reaction."
Paul said, "Well, it's an insult to the Constitution."
The Constitution said the power to declare war was to be given to Congress. They specifically did not give that power to the president.
In the briefing and in public, this administration has argued that the vote to topple Saddam Hussein in 2002 now gives them blanket permission for military action in Iraq. The idea that when Congress voted to go after Saddam Hussein in 2002, they also authorized military force against an Iranian general 18 years later, is absurd on its face.
Later in the interview Wolf asked Sen. Paul to respond to the vicious attacks his colleague Sen. Lindsey Graham made about his patriotism.
"I think it's sad when people have this fake sort of drape of patriotism, and anybody that disagrees with them is not a patriot." said Paul.