“I don’t think this is an appropriate time for a war powers resolution, and I don’t think it’s necessary. For 80 years, presidents of both parties have acted with the same Commander in Chief Authrity under Article 2. You had President Biden used three times in Middle East operations. President Obama went on an eight month campaign bombing Libya to take down the regime there.”
“I never heard a Democrat balk about any of that. And suddenly now they’re just up in arms. It’s all politics. This is not a time for politics,” said devout Christian aphorism machine Speaker Mike Johnson on Monday when asked if Congress was going to assert its authority.