Charlamagne says Dems 'sound like hypocrites' for demanding congressional approval for strikes

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Radio big Charlamagne tha God called retired Democrats connected Monday for their outrage astir President Donald Trump launching strikes connected Iran without legislature authority, saying they turned a unsighted oculus erstwhile Democrats precocious did the same.

The U.S. launched a astonishment strike utilizing B-2 stealth bombers connected Iran’s Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan atomic facilities connected Saturday.  

"All 3 sites sustained highly terrible harm and destruction," Joint Chiefs Chairman Air Force Gen. Dan Caine said during a briefing astatine the Pentagon connected Sunday morning. 

Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., called retired Trump for the strikes during a Sunday quality connected NBC’s "Meet the Press," arguing the caput of authorities should person begun the process by archetypal "coming to Congress and asking for authorization to bash this." 

He continued, "That's the law attack to this. He could person talked to america astir what the extremity is and what the program is up of time. And we could person had a treatment astir it." 

Charlamagne agreed, but argued Democrats similar Kelly should look successful the mirror.

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Charlamagne has spoken aggregate times astir the Democratic Party's cover-up of Biden's purported decline. ((Photo by Derek White/Getty Images for iHeartMedia and The Black Effect Podcast Network))

"Morgyn, this is 1 of those times erstwhile politicians dependable similar hypocrites, due to the fact that Mark Kelly is right, the president should get legislature approval," helium said astir the national warfare powers debate. "But determination person been a clump of presidents who person ordered strikes without legislature approval."

"Barack Obama did it against Libya. Joe Biden ordered strikes successful Iraq and Syria without legislature approval. Bill Clinton did it with - 'Kosovo' I deliberation you pronounce it?" helium recalled. "So presidents ordering subject enactment without legislature support has go beauteous routine."

Co-host Morgyn V. Wood noted that this contented is present being cited for imaginable impeachment.

"So wherefore didn't it pb to an impeachment for everybody else? Like, erstwhile Barack Obama did it, erstwhile Biden did it, erstwhile Clinton did it?" Charlamagne asked.

Wood said that determination person been calls for impeachment implicit presidents’ subject actions without legislature support before, but Charlamagne was not persuaded.

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Charlamagne speaks connected his Breakfast Club vigor show. 

"I don’t adjacent retrieve proceeding astir it during the Joe Biden administration," Charlamagne said.

"I conjecture that’s conscionable due to the fact that of the mode Trump has been moving," co-host DJ Envy said. "But we didn’t perceive astir it erstwhile Obama did it. We didn’t perceive astir it erstwhile Biden did it."

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"I bash retrieve erstwhile Obama did it," Charlamagne said. "When Obama did it, I bash remember, you know, radical successful Congress saying helium needed legislature approval, and they were making it a thing. I don’t retrieve the Biden happening astatine all. I don’t retrieve that adjacent making a headline."

After Wood recalled the wide outrage implicit Biden’s botched withdrawal from Afghanistan, Charlamagne said helium recalled Biden’s deficiency of accountability for subject missteps aft an NBC News piece headlined, "Presidents' ordering subject enactment without Congress' support has go routine."

Fox News’ Greg Norman contributed to this report.

Alexander Hall is an subordinate exertion for Fox News Digital. Story tips tin beryllium sent to Alexander.hall@fox.com.

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