But that’s OK, because Trump called all this “a very small price to pay.”
Tell that to the tens of millions of people who are already struggling to cover their basic needs like groceries and rent.
The costs of Trump’s reckless war are rising by the day, and all of us – the American people, our service members, Iranian civilians – are paying the price, in every sense of the word.
Already 13 U.S. service members have been killed and more than 200 wounded – and the Trump administration can’t even get their messaging straight on whether we’re at war with Iran.
There’s no clear objective, no defined endgame, and no plan for what comes next.
More than a thousand Iranian civilians have reportedly been killed since the start of this war.
Nearly 200 Iranian people, most of them little girls, were killed in a school attack later proven to be from U.S. forces.
Please tell me how killing literal children makes us any safer?
Some of the devastation we can’t even begin to calculate. We’ve seen apocalyptic photos coming out of Tehran. Plumes of orange and black smoke filling the city air after Iran’s oil infrastructure was struck. Toxic smoke, polluted drinking water, the trauma of war – all of it will have significant impacts on people’s health for years to come.
This is the reality of Trump’s illegal war. Rising costs, mounting casualties and civilian harms, and no plan to get out.
We’ve seen this show before, and we know exactly how it ends. Trump’s massive strategic mistake will have long-reaching national security implications, won’t make Americans any safer, and will impact our collective future.
We need to end this reckless war now – full stop.
I’m doing everything I can in the House to hold this administration accountable, and I’m going to continue demanding answers to the most basic questions about this administration’s strategy, intentions, and potential costs of this war with Iran. And I won’t support any funding for Trump’s misguided regime change war and military adventurism.
Right now, it’s important that we all continue to speak out and stand up for what we believe.
I hope you’ll continue reaching out to your representatives regularly to share your strong opposition to continued war. Public outcries do matter, and we’ve seen countless times during this administration that they can make an impact.
I’ll keep updating you as this situation evolves and we learn more.
Thanks for reading.
–Sara
