House Democrat slams ‘Dr. Jesus’ over cost of Iran war: ‘F‑‑‑ his a‑‑’

Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-Calif.) on Thursday alluded to President Trump’s since-deleted image of himself resembling Jesus Christ when she slammed the impact that the U.S.-Israeli conflict in Iran has had on costs in the U.S., prompting her to say the president can “f‑‑‑ his a‑‑.”

Kamlager-Dove said in a video taken by MeidasTouch reporter Pablo Manríquez that “Stevie Wonder can even see how much this war is costing us” when answering his question about the conflict’s impact on the national debt.

“So gas prices are going up, it’s almost $10 in California and fertilizer is going up,” she continued. “I mean, you name it, the prices have gone up. And this dude, Dr. Jesus, OK, is wanting to spend $2 billion of your money every single day rather than help you get health care.”

“F‑‑‑ his a‑‑!” she concluded.

Her reference to Trump as “Dr. Jesus” stems from the president’s remark Monday that he thought he was depicted as “doctor” in the AI image of him as a Christ-like figure. The post was removed from Truth Social after Christians and conservatives denounced the image as blasphemous.

Republican members of Congress told Politico last month that they fear the Pentagon is spending an estimated $2 billion a day during the conflict with Iran. White House Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought on Thursday did not say how much has been spent after Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) asked if the Pentagon has spent $50 billion on the conflict, as some media reports have indicated.

“I wouldn’t [want] to make a characterization of that at this point,” Vought told Merkley.

The White House and the Pentagon have not released a total number on the cost of the war, but senators believe it has cost roughly $10 billion a week. Merkley accused Vought of trying to “hide” the cost of the war at a time when the U.S. national debt is more than $38 trillion.

The White House scaled down its initial $200 billion defense supplemental funding request to between $80 billion and $100 billion, sources briefed on the administration’s thinking previously told The Hill.

The conflict has also impacted the cost of goods passing through the Strait of Hormuz, which reopened Thursday for a second time since the conflict began on Feb. 28. Keeping it closed put a halt to roughly 20 percent of the world’s oil and gas exports from passing through. Gas prices skyrocketed and climbed day by day.

Those prices dipped on Friday, with the U.S. national average for gas dropping to $4.08, according to AAA. Brent crude, the global benchmark, decreased to just under $92 per barrel Friday afternoon after reaching lower to $89 earlier in the day. The U.S. benchmark West Texas Intermediate reached to under $86 per barrel at the same time, having earlier dipped down to $81.

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