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Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., was delivering remarks astatine a "Fighting Oligarchy" rally successful Tusla, Okla., connected Saturday nighttime erstwhile President Donald Trump announced the United States had successfully attacked 3 atomic sites successful Iran.
An adjutant interrupted Sanders' remarks to present the connection Trump had conscionable blasted disconnected connected Truth Social.
"We person completed our precise palmy onslaught connected the 3 Nuclear sites successful Iran, including Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan," Trump said successful the post.
Sanders work the portion of insubstantial with Trump's Truth Social station to his supporters, shaking his caput arsenic the socialist legislator processed what the president had conscionable announced. "No much wars!" the assemblage chanted.
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during a "Fighting Oligarchy" circuit lawsuit astatine Arizona State University, Thursday, Mar. 20, 2025, successful Tempe, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
Trump added successful the post: "All planes are present extracurricular of Iran aerial space. A afloat payload of BOMBS was dropped connected the superior site, Fordow. All planes are safely connected their mode home. Congratulations to our large American Warriors. There is not different subject successful the World that could person done this. NOW IS THE TIME FOR PEACE! Thank you for your attraction to this matter."
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Sanders nodded on arsenic the assemblage continued to chant, "No much wars!" earlier responding to the quality successful existent time.
He said the quality was not lone "alarming," but "so grossly unconstitutional."
"All of you cognize that the lone entity that tin instrumentality this state to warfare is the U.S. Congress. The president does not person the right," Sanders shouted.
Sanders joins the bipartisan conjugation successful Congress who person called retired the "unconstitutionality" of Trump striking Iran without legislature approval.
A bipartisan War Powers Resolution was introduced successful the House of Representatives this week arsenic strikes betwixt Israel and Iran raged on, and the satellite stood by to spot if Trump would strike. Congress has the sole powerfulness to state warfare nether Article I of the Constitution.
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump speaks astatine a quality league astatine Trump's Mar-a-Lago edifice connected December 16, 2024 successful Palm Beach, Florida. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
The War Powers Resolution seeks to "remove United States Armed Forces from unauthorized hostilities successful the Islamic State of Iran" and directs Trump to "terminate" the deployment of American troops against Iran without an "authorized declaration of warfare oregon circumstantial authorization for usage of subject forces against Iran."
"The American radical bash not privation much war, much death!" Sanders said. "It mightiness beryllium a bully thought if we concentrated connected the problems that beryllium successful Oklahoma and Vermont alternatively than getting progressive successful different warfare that the American radical bash not want."
But Sanders told the assemblage not to springiness up connected their imaginativeness for America's future.
"In this infinitesimal successful American history, what we person got to bash successful Vermont and Oklahoma, successful Texas, each implicit this country, is basal up and combat back, and archer them this is our country!" Sanders said.
Sanders has been a vocal hostile of the United States joining Israel successful its war against Iran arsenic Trump weighed striking its atomic facilities.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Foreign Minister Israel Katz and Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich be a Plenum league of the Knesset, Israel's Parliament, successful Jerusalem, June 11, 2025. (REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun)
"Netanyahu is not the President of the United States," Sanders said connected societal media earlier this week.
"He should not beryllium determining U.S. overseas and subject policy. If the radical of Israel enactment his determination to commencement a warfare with Iran, that is their concern and their war. The United States indispensable not beryllium a portion of it," helium added.
The antiauthoritarian socialist has been a vocal hostile of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's warfare against Gaza since Israel retaliated pursuing Hamas' violent attacks connected Oct. 7, 2023.
After Israel launched preemptive strikes against Iran's atomic facilities past week, Sanders said it was "just his latest usurpation of planetary law," likening Netanyahu to a "war criminal."
The Vermont legislator was speaking astatine his 2nd rally of the day, portion of his confederate plaything of the "Fighting Oligarchy" circuit that Sanders started successful effect to Trump's sweeping second-term agenda.
Rep. Greg Casar, D-Tx., and erstwhile Rep. Beto O'Rourke, D-Tx., are slated to articulation the Vermont legislator astatine his rallies successful Texas connected Sunday.
And Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., joined Sanders connected his Western plaything of the circuit earlier this year.
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The circuit targets heavy reddish districts presently held by Republicans, a strategy picked up by Gov. Tim Walz, D-Minn., who hosted municipality halls successful Republican legislature districts, and the Democratic National Committee (DNC) done their "People's Town Halls" crossed the United States.
Sanders besides held a rally successful House Speaker Mike Johnson's hometown of Shreveport, La., connected Saturday.
Deirdre Heavey is simply a authorities writer for Fox News Digital.
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