‘Peculiar To Hear’: GOP Rep Says House Speaker ‘Misinterpreted’ Trump’s Power To Bomb IranNicole Silverio
Media Reporter
June 22, 2025 12:26 PM ET
Republican Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie said Sunday that House Speaker Mike Johnson misinterpreted President Donald Trump’s constitutional authority to bomb Iranian nuclear sites without the approval of Congress.
Johnson said that Trump acted within his rights established by Article I of the U.S. Constitution by making the decision to bomb Fordow, Natanz and Esfahan, the three nuclear sites located outside of Tehran. Massie said on “Face the Nation” that not only is Johnson misinterpreting the president’s powers, but that it is “peculiar” that he did not bring Congress into session to deliberate his resolution that would block Trump from striking Iran.
“[Johnson] is probably referring to the War Powers Act of 1973. But that’s been misinterpreted. There was no imminent threat to the United States, which was what would authorize that,” Massie said. “And I think that’s peculiar to hear that from the Speaker of the House. Look, Congress was on vacation last week when all this was happening.”
“We haven’t been briefed, they should’ve called us all back and frankly, we should’ve debated this war powers resolution that [Democratic California Rep.] Ro Khanna and I authored instead of staying on vacation and doing fundraisers and saying ‘oh, well the president’s got this under control, we’re gonna cede our constitutional authority,'” the congressman added.
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