They might not care if he shreds the constitution and destroys America but it looks like there might be 10 GOP senators who think it might not be a good idea for Trump to start WWIII. Not enough to override a veto, of course. That would make Trump very angry. But they want to be on record — if there are any records after it’s all over — against Trump having an emotional breakdown and deciding to unleash nuclear war.
As many as 10 Republican senators are considering bucking President Trump on a resolution that would limit his ability to take military action against Iran. The increasing number is the latest sign of growing GOP frustration over the Trump administration’s justification for the drone strike that killed Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani. Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) is circulating a bipartisan resolution that would direct Trump to remove U.S. forces from any hostilities against Iran within 30 days of its enactment.
GOP Sens. Mike Lee (Utah) and Rand Paul (Ky.) have already voiced their support for the measure, and Kaine says about eight more Republicans, including Sens. Susan Collins (Maine), Lisa Murkowski (Alaska), Todd Young (Ind.) and Mitt Romney (Utah), are reviewing it.
“Probably about 10,” Kaine said when asked about the number of Republicans who could vote to rein in Trump’s powers. “There’s good discussion going on.” Lee said several Republicans are carefully weighing whether to back the measure, adding that it “would not be unreasonable to say that there might be a group of 10 who should be considered potential candidates to vote for it.”
It is good to see that there area few Senators who aren’t so deep into the Trump cult that they can’t buck him even after this shocking Iran wag-the-dog debacle (not that they’ll ever admit to that part.) Perhaps they just don’t want to die.
The rest are either welcoming the Rapture or think war is terrific and we just need some more of it. Either way, it’s terrifying that they would trust this psychologically impaired president and his incompetent D-list ideologues to handle such lethal decisions without even consulting them.