Reporter To Speaker Johnson: 'Why Not Have Congress Vote On Iran?'

Speaking to reporters, Speaker Johnson was asked if the House would vote on action against Iran.

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00:00the public can do so in a safe manner. Why not have Congress vote on Iran? Why not have just given

00:05that you're the imminence of this threat? So look, there's been so much talk ranging from AOC

00:11suggesting this is an impeachable offense, which is just absolute nonsense, to people suggesting

00:16that Congress should dither over this. Look, the Commander-in-Chief has Article 2 responsibilities.

00:21They're very serious and important, especially in times like this. I think he used that authority

00:26judiciously. I think he, this Commander-in-Chief means what he says, says what he means, and he's

00:31trying to protect American assets and personnel. We had 40,000 servicemen, men and women over there

00:38in that region, and they were in imminent danger, as was our allies in Israel, and as were we.

00:44Remember, the international body that is supposed to be monitoring Iran's nuclear program determined

00:50in May that they were days away from having capability. That is weird.