During a Fox News appearance this week, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson blasted hypocritical Democrats criticizing President Trump’s decision to strike Iran’s nuclear facilities.
Why were those same Democrats so quiet when former Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden took similar action?
“A lot of your Democratic colleagues and leadership are saying they didn’t get a call from the president that this was happening,” Fox & Friends co-host Lawrence Jones stated. “Karoline Leavitt said that’s not true, they reached out to them. Apparently, Chuck Schumer answered the phone but Hakeem Jeffries didn’t. What can you tell us about that?”
“I’ve spoken to Hakeem about this; he’s my counterpart in the House, the Democratic leader, and he wasn’t available when they called, and that’s just the way these things go,” Johnson replied.
“It is ridiculous for anyone to assert that the Commander-In-Chief, using his Article II power in the Constitution, should have to consult all the members of Congress or even all the leadership in Congress every time he has to make a decisive, quick action. I mean, that would not be feasible. So the idea that they’re saying that what he’s done is somehow inappropriate or unconstitutional is nonsense. None of them ever complained when Barack Obama and Joe Biden used the same authority to drop bombs all over the Middle East, all over the world. It’s entirely inconsistent with their previous actions, and I think we call them on that hypocrisy.”
Watch the clip below:
The Commander in Chief does NOT need the permission of every member of Congress before taking decisive action to protect America or our interests.
Where was the Left’s outrage when Obama and Biden used the same Article II powers? This isn’t about the Constitution. This is about… pic.twitter.com/V9mlx4VyN2— Speaker Mike Johnson (@SpeakerJohnson) June 24, 2025
