Democrats struggle to come up with a unified response to Trump's Iran strikes

Members of Congress have been all over the map in their reactions, while many governors — seen as potential 2028 presidential candidates — have avoided weighing in on policy.

They condemned. They sidestepped. They offered support.

What Democrats didn’t do in the wake of President Donald Trump’s decision to unilaterally greenlight military strikes on Iran was push a consistent, coherent message.

In Congress, Democrats were all over the map on where they stood on Trump's action. At the gubernatorial level, where many potential 2028 Democratic contenders now sit — including those clamoring to be viewed as the front-line "resistance" — Democrats posted carefully curated messages that avoided getting into politics or even policy.

With some exceptions, governors' comments were focused on the public safety of their states should Iran retaliate on American soil. That’s even as Trump took Americans on a bruising roller coaster ride over the last several days, often contradicting his top aides as his posts on social media ricocheted from authorizing strikes to suggesting a regime change in Iran to antagonizing the nation to proclaiming peace.

Over the weekend, Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., the ranking member of the House Armed Services Committed, noted that former President Joe Biden hadn't started any wars, pointing to Trump's promises to keep the country out of foreign conflicts.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/democrats-struggle-unified-response-trump-iran-strikes-rcna214504


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