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[Just Foreign Policy @justfp]

BREAKING 🚨 Bipartisan anti-war champions @RoKhanna & @RepThomasMassie will force a Yemen War Powers vote to prevent renewed US direct bombing and to stop US targeting assistance for Saudi regime bombing of Yemen

The US must demand a diplomatic end to Saudi-Yemen conflict!🕊️

[Ro Khanna @RoKhanna]

Congress never authorized Trump to wage war to defend the Saudi regime

I introduced a Yemen War Powers Resolution (H.Con.Res.124) with @RepThomasMassie to mandate that the US stay out of war in Yemen

Trump must honor the US-Yemen ceasefire and use diplomacy, not war

[Stephen Semler @stephensemler]

.@RepAdamSmith says he wants the war to end but won't rule out funding it.

Smith also voted for the 2003 Iraq War, and several times to continue funding it.

Since voting for the Iraq War, Smith has accepted $3.2 million in political cash from military contractors.

[Just Foreign Policy @justfp]

Need @RepAdamSmith of @HASCDemocrats to study Political Messaging 101:

"If Donald Trump wants to shut down the United States government to keep his war going, that is his choice — he'll have to explain it to the American people and to his Vice President"

[Joe Gould @reporterjoe]

NEW: Senior Dems resist shutdown threat to end Iran war.

“I want the war to end. Would shutting down the gov make that more likely, or would it just hand the Republicans a political victory while the war continues?” said Rep. Adam Smith

w/ @ahmadihamed_

https://t.co/27yJ3fkWss

[Just Foreign Policy @justfp]

https://t.co/seSGPzMd6K

[Erik Sperling @ErikSperling]

If every Democrat was talking like @ChrisVanHollen, we'd be just weeks away from ending this war

Instead, too many AIPAC-backed Dems are acting powerless to stop one of the most unpopular wars and lame duck presidents in history

See, e.g., @PattyMurray:

[Just Foreign Policy @justfp]

"On December 11th — Democrats should not vote for ANY appropriation bill that has ANY money in it for an illegal war in Iran. Period!

Make Trump "explain [a shutdown] to the American people"

"We don't have to wait 'til January. We should do that NOW"

[Just Foreign Policy @justfp]

🧵Top Democrats are scrambling for excuses about why they can't stop Trump's Iran war now, while they plan to vote to fund Hegseth to continue it

They're accepting Fox News framing that listening to voters and stopping war funding is somehow a political loss... for Dems!?🧵🧵

[Erik Sperling @ErikSperling]

If every Democrat was talking like @ChrisVanHollen, we'd be just weeks away from ending this war

Instead, too many AIPAC-backed Dems are acting powerless to stop one of the most unpopular wars and lame duck presidents in history

See, e.g., @PattyMurray:

[Chris Van Hollen @VanHollenForMD]

The American people were very clear: They want to see an end to Trump’s senseless & illegal Iran war - and now!

I will not vote for any funding bill that continues to fuel this reckless war.

[Just Foreign Policy @justfp]

@VanHollenForMD Thank you for refusing to betray the American people's clear mandate in the election to end the war

https://t.co/i9ReRQTNus

[Just Foreign Policy @justfp]

"On December 11th — Democrats should not vote for ANY appropriation bill that has ANY money in it for an illegal war in Iran. Period!

Make Trump "explain [a shutdown] to the American people"

"We don't have to wait 'til January. We should do that NOW"

[Julia Gledhill @JuliaGledhill]

Adam Smith claims a funding cutoff in the CR wouldn't necessarily stop mil ops bc they're financed w/ existing funding rather than any specific appropriations.

But Congress includes this lang in its spending bills quite literally every single year. Give me a break

[Stephen Wertheim @stephenwertheim]

Democrats would be forcing Trump to shut down the government in order to continue the Iran war. That sounds to me like a political opportunity, not a liability.

[Just Foreign Policy @justfp]

9/10 A shutdown threat is the only leverage that can FORCE Trump to accept a binding ban on war funding

That's how Congress forced Nixon's hand in 1973 and ended the Vietnam War

Without that leverage, Trump can veto, delay, and keep bombing while Democrats promise to act later

[Stephen Semler @stephensemler]

What a Majority Leader should sound like

[Stephen Wertheim @stephenwertheim]

Yes, acting to defund the war would make the war more likely to end. Whereas authorizing funds that can be used to wage war would make Democrats complicit in whatever Trump does with this power.

[Just Foreign Policy @justfp]

10/10 These Dems say they want to end the war.

But their alternatives either provide more war funding, can be vetoed by Trump, or postpone the fight

If Dems keep funding Hegseth's war while saying they'll end it later, how does that bring down costs or save Iranian civilians?

[Just Foreign Policy @justfp]

🧵Top Democrats are scrambling for excuses about why they can't stop Trump's Iran war now, while they plan to vote to fund Hegseth to continue it

They're accepting Fox News framing that listening to voters and stopping war funding is somehow a political loss... for Dems!?🧵🧵

[Joe Gould @reporterjoe]

NEW: Senior Dems resist shutdown threat to end Iran war.

“I want the war to end. Would shutting down the gov make that more likely, or would it just hand the Republicans a political victory while the war continues?” said Rep. Adam Smith

w/ @ahmadihamed_

https://t.co/27yJ3fkWss

[Just Foreign Policy @justfp]

9/10 A shutdown threat is the only leverage that can FORCE Trump to accept a binding ban on war funding

That's how Congress forced Nixon's hand in 1973 and ended the Vietnam War

Without that leverage, Trump can veto, delay, and keep bombing while Democrats promise to act later