Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Friday emphasized that U.S. military action against Iran “must not be initiated” without congressional approval, after President Trump approved and then reversed a decision to strike Iran over the downing of a U.S. drone this week.
Pelosi told reporters that she was not notified by officials of the president’s decision on Thursday to approve the military strike when she and other congressional leaders went to the White House for a briefing that day.
“We left with the idea that the president was going to consider some options,” Pelosi told reporters on Friday. “I did not receive any heads-up that there was a strike that was in the works.”
“Maybe the other leaders did on the Republican side, but I did not receive any of that,” she added.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she "did not receive any heads-up" on any Iran strike https://t.co/08sykXtKte pic.twitter.com/UQ42Gxmsf0
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) June 21, 2019
Senate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer (N.Y.) said Thursday that Democrats told Trump in a Situation Room meeting that he needs to get congressional authorization before taking military action.
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Pelosi tells Trump: No "hostilities" with Iran unless Congress approves https://t.co/hE2MEDoP8n pic.twitter.com/XEb0cj8MHb
— The Hill (@thehill) June 22, 2019
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