A House Democratic lawmaker said Wednesday that President Trump could launch a war with Iran for a purely political reason: to deter Democrats from impeaching…
A House Democratic lawmaker said Wednesday that President Trump could launch a war with Iran for a purely political reason: to deter Democrats from impeaching him.
“I believe that the president of the United States is on the cusp of taking us to war without the consent of Congress because he fears impeachment. And we all know that if we are at war, the American people would not agree that you should be impeaching a president,” Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-Fla.) said in an interview in her Capitol Hill office.
“I believe he sees the fence, the walls closing in, that we’re circling the wagons, and the circle is getting smaller and smaller. And he thinks we’re going to impeach him,” Wilson added. “If he sees the impeachment movement getting too close and too popular, and the American people beginning to side with the Democrats in the House of Representatives, then he will take us to war.”
Wilson’s remarks came a day after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and other top Trump administration officials briefed all House and Senate lawmakers about efforts to de-escalate ongoing tensions with Iran.
