John,
Last night, President Trump took unilateral action to push the United States to the brink of war. Now, we are seeing a terrible escalation between Iran and the US.
Trump’s attack last night happened with zero congressional oversight or approval. But a pointless, bloody war can still be prevented - if Democratic leadership and enough Republicans will stand with the Justice Democrats in Congress.
Every single Justice Democrat in Congress voted against the National Defense Authorization Act that gave Donald Trump a blank check, requiring no approval from Congress for war.
This is exactly why we need to elect more bold leaders to Congress who will fight to end the forever wars and stop bowing down to the military industrial complex. We need more leaders like Ro Khanna, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Ilhan Omar who understand that endless war and bloodshed abroad is never the answer.
The disastrous wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have killed thousands and cost trillions, with whole generations growing up knowing only war.
We spend more on our military than the next eight countries combined - and yet politicians tell us we can’t provide basic healthcare to all our people. It’s time to end the wars and kick out politicians who care more about their warhawk ideology than the lives destroyed by war.
Thank you for fighting with us,
Justice Democrats