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Rabid Democrats toss truth aside to rescue Iran’s regime

The US Senate is set to vote Wednesday on a resolution that aims to handcuff President Donald Trump, barring him from taking additional military action against the Iranian regime.

That measure should be soundly rejected: It’s a violation of the Constitution’s Article II, which makes the president commander-in-chief of the nation’s armed forces.

Every president since 1950 has launched military operations against foreign governments without seeking Congress’ permission or a declaration of war.

Yet Trump’s strategic air attack on the Islamic Republic, which began Saturday, is evoking a torrent of vitriol from Democrats. 

They’re calling him “an authoritarian ruler” and claiming the strikes are a “gross violation of the Constitution,” because Trump didn’t first get Congress to declare war.

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These Democrats (and a few outlier Republicans) are knowingly lying to the public — and impairing Trump’s stature abroad.

The United States hasn’t officially declared war since World War II. 

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