Leader Schumer Floor Remarks On The Iran War Continuing To Threaten American Lives, Even As Trump Insists It Is Over

Washington, D.C. - Today, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) spoke on the Senate floor demanding that Donald Trump stop lying to the American people that his disastrous war in Iran is over and urging Senate Republicans to join with Democrats to end the war and bring our servicemembers home. Below are Senator Schumer's remarks, which can also be viewed here:

For weeks Donald Trump, Pete Hegseth, and Marco Rubio have insisted that their disastrous war in Iran is over - how stupid do they think the American people are?

This morning, Trump said he plans to take Kharg Island, which could even mean putting American boots on the ground.

It doesn't take a military genius to see that Trump's fiasco of a war with Iran never ended - not with American helicopters being shot down, not when American bases are being attacked, and American troops are coming under fire.

Saying this war is over is an insult, an insult to the brave American servicemen who are risking their lives every day to fight it.

The only thing more absurd than the Trump administration's lies about the Iran war is that Republicans accept them at face value and just go along, too many of them.

For months, Democrats have urged Republicans to support our War Powers Resolution to end this war for real, and for months, Republicans have failed to do so.

Americans have made it clear they don't want this war, they don't want the high costs [of] gasoline and fertilizer and everything else that come with it, and Trump has made it clear he is incapable of cleaning up his mess. You just have to listen to his statements over a period of a few days, and they completely contradict each other. And typical of Trump, he doesn't care if he says one thing and says the total opposite thing the next day and the American people know he's lying to them. He doesn't care. Trump is incapable, given his way, his lack of concern for facts, his only concern being his own ego. He is incapable of ending the war, incapable of cleaning up his own mess.

Republicans need to stop buying the BS, show some spine, and help us bring our servicemembers home.

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