Hi,
If Trump gets his way, he'll start the new year with a new war with Iran.
Just days into 2020, Trump directed a drone strike that killed
high-profile Iranian military leader Qassem Soleimani. Even for Trump it's
an extremely reckless action that risks starting a massive new war.
Because of Trump, the new year just got more dangerous. Our allies in
Congress are mobilizing to take action -- right now -- to stop Trump from
plunging the US into war with Iran. They need our help.
[ [link removed] ]Tell Congress: Stop Trump from going to war with Iran!
Trump has been moving us closer to war with Iran for months. As soon as he
was elected, Trump began putting warhawks like Mike Pompeo and Gina Haspel
into cabinet-level and director-level positions. Then Trump pulled the US
out of the Iran nuclear deal, and doubled-down on harsh economic
sanctions.
But every time Trump inches closer to war, we've fought back. Demand
Progress members like you worked hard in 2019 to stop Trump, asking
Congress to pass the War Powers Resolution that would pull the US out of
Yemen (potentially ending a war there), and prevent Trump from taking
military against Iran in the first place.
Last year, you signed those petitions to Congress, and they had a real
impact. Thanks to your pressure, the House passed resolutions to weaken
Trump's ability to go to war. But Mitch McConnell blocked them in the
Senate.
Now that war is looming, we have to push even harder if we're going to end
wars and save lives in 2020. Senators Tim Kaine and Bernie Sanders, and
Representative Ro Khanna, have already proposed legislation to stop
Trump.^1 Now is the time to act. We have to speak up. We have to start
now. And we have to be firm.
[ [link removed] ]Tell Congress: Stop the war in Iran!
Thanks for taking action,
Tihi and the team at Demand Progress
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Sources:
1. Wall Street Journal, "Lawmakers Call for Debate, Legal Justification
Before Any Possible Iran War," [ [link removed] ]January 3, 2020.
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