Graham, Paul rift deepens over Trump's war powersA high-profile debate over President Trump’s war powers is fueling a feud among Senate Republicans.
The fallout from a closed-door briefing on the U.S. air strike that killed Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani has put a spotlight on the divisions among two of President Trump’s biggest congressional allies: Sens. Rand Paul (R-Ky) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.).
“If I had an eye problem, I would go to him. If I had a constitutional question, he would be the last guy I would pick,†Graham said on Thursday when asked about Paul, who is an ophthalmologist.
The two lawmakers are butting heads after Paul and Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) emerged from Wednesday’s classified briefing deeply critical of what they characterized as a warning from senior administration officials against debating Trump’s war authority and their use of a 2002 authorization as the basis for last week’s drone strike in Baghdad that killed Soleimani.
Appearing together before a gaggle of reporters and TV cameras, Lee called the presentation “the worst briefing I've seen, at least on a military issue."............
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/477625-graham-paul-rift-deepens-over-trumps-war-powers
