🚨LMFAO. The Secretary of War flew to Kentucky to campaign against THOMAS MASSIE, the one Republican who actually votes against your kids dying in another forever war.
And he seriously opens with this:
HEGSETH: "I have to say up front for the lawyers that I'm here in my personal capacity. As a private citizen."
Bro! You are the SECRETARY OF WAR. You did not wake up this morning and become Dave from accounting.
The regime is sending a cabinet official to take out the most anti-war and pro America guy in Congress and we are supposed to pretend it's a personal hobby?!
Massie lives rent free in their entire Epstein apparatus for a reason.
@mandyarthur **Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY).**
Campaign finance data from OpenSecrets and TrackAIPAC show he's the only current Republican in Congress with zero donations from AIPAC or affiliated pro-Israel PACs. Most other Republicans have accepted some level of support.
Twenty years ago we invaded Iraq. The war killed many innocent Iraqis and Americans. It destroyed the oldest Christian populations in the world. It cost over $1 trillion, and turned Iraq into a satellite of Iran. It was an unforced disaster, and I pray that we learn its lessons.
This is insane. Regime change will result in a bloody civil war, killing hundreds of thousands and creating another massive Muslim refugee crisis. Topping a leader is NEVER as easy you think. It almost always results in further involvement, a civil war, and chaos. Resist this!
As yet another preemptive war is begun in the Middle East, John Quincy Adam’s words of wisdom still ring true:
“Wherever the standard of freedom and Independence has been or shall be unfurled, there will her heart, her benedictions and her prayers be.”
Like most Americans I have sympathy for the plight of the Iranian people and all subjected people around the globe, from North Korea to Tibet.
But as Adam’s wrote, America: “goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy.
She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all.
She is the champion and vindicator only of her own.”
The Constitution conferred the power to declare or initiate war to Congress for a reason, to make war less likely.
Madison wrote that “the Executive Branch is the branch most prone to war, therefore, the Constitution, with studied care, delegated the war power to the legislature.”
As with all war, my first and purest instinct is wish Americans soldiers safety and success in their mission.
But my oath of office is to the Constitution, so with studied care, I must oppose another Presidential war.
I am opposed to this War.
This is not “America First.”
When Congress reconvenes, I will work with @RepRoKhanna to force a Congressional vote on war with Iran.
The Constitution requires a vote, and your Representative needs to be on record as opposing or supporting this war.
Trump has launched an illegal regime change war in Iran with American lives at risk. Congress must convene on Monday to vote on @RepThomasMassie & my WPR to stop this. Every member of Congress should go on record this weekend on how they will vote.
Thomas Massie just went nuclear on Trump’s DOJ for bringing zero “charges, arrests, or investigations” over the Epstein files.
“Who should be investigated?”
“I’ll name them right here.”
“Leon Black.”
“Jes Staley, accused of terrible things.”
“Leslie Wexner.”
“Why did the FBI list him as a co-conspirator in their own documents in a child sex trafficking case, and then tell him that they had no questions for him?”
“Over 3 million documents describing horrible things, unspeakable things, much of it redacted.”
“Over two dozen people have resigned, CEOs, members of government worldwide.”
“But I haven’t seen any arrests or investigations here in the United States.”
“Prince Andrew, Duke of York, who has since been stripped of his royal titles due to his affiliation with Jeffrey Epstein, has been arrested.”
“Peter Mandelson, who previously served as UK’s ambassador to the United States, resigned in disgrace from UK’s House of Lords and the Labour Party, and he’s been arrested.”
“Former Prime Minister of Norway, Thorbjørn Jagland, has been charged.”
“But we don’t see any charges, arrests, or investigations in the United States.”
“What do we see?”
“We see our FBI director celebrating in the locker room at the Olympics overseas.”
“We need justice.”
@RepThomasMassie@MassieforKY
You can actually pinpoint the exact second the State Department spokesperson’s soul leaves his body. Absolute deer-in-the-headlights moment when asked why Israel’s 200 unacknowledged nukes don’t violate US foreign aid laws.
@Smith70TorinoGT@brollbenny@AmiriKing What the fuck is that supposed to mean? Are you implying that me being a Marine is something I should be ashamed of, lol. I’m proud to be a Marine. Lot better than being a boot licking pussy. You don’t have any Marine friends, they would bitch slap you for talking like that.