Ilhan Omar, Ted Cruz clash as Senator claims Dems 'outraged' over Iranian terrorist's death
Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., mocked Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, on Friday after the senator suggested that she and other Democrats were "outraged" over the death of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani.
Cruz was responding to a tweet in which Omar called on members of Congress to step in and prevent President Trump from engaging in armed conflict with Iran.
Cruz tweeted: "According the the [sic] Obama Department of Defense, Qasem Soleimani was a terrorist directly responsible for the murder of over 600 US service men [sic] & women. Why are congressional Dems outraged that he’s finally dead?"
In response, Omar suggested that Cruz was purposefully overlooking the actual nature of her criticism.
"We are outraged the president would assassinate a foreign official, possibly setting off another war without Congressional authorization and has zero plan to deal with the consequences," she responded. "But of course you know that."
She also tweeted a quote in which Cruz, President Trump's former opponent in the 2016 Republican primaries, cast doubt on Trump's ability to lead.
Omar also criticized Trump, indicating that he was doing what he predicted former President Obama would do with Iran: start a war.
"This reckless mind is now leading us to war!" she tweeted, alongside screenshots of Trump's previous tweets.
Both Cruz and Omar sit on the Senate and House foreign relations committees, respectively. While it's unclear how Congress will proceed, the president would need the legislative branch's approval for a formal declaration of war.
Cruz also defended Trump from rhetorical attacks by former Obama administration official Ben Rhodes.
"Trump may have just started a war with no congressional debate," Rhodes tweeted.
Cruz responded by mocking the Iranian nuclear deal set up under Rhodes and the former president., tweeting: "Perhaps it would have been a better idea to send him $1.7 billion in unmarked bills, in pallets on planes in the dead of night, so he could kill more Americans?"
President Trump defended the decision, tweeting on Friday that "General Qassem Soleimani has killed or badly wounded thousands of Americans over an extended period of time, and was plotting to kill many more ... but got caught!"
"He was directly and indirectly responsible for the death of millions of people," he said.
- Justin Thyme-Two cents worth of opinion. Three cheers for Texas Ted Cruz!!! Senator, you are like that stuff the Army issued in our LRRP's described as a personal hygeine packet. That's fancy talk for toilet paper and some soap. But that means that you know how to clean up what needs to be cleaned. And the paper, which we airborne grunts nicked named 'John Wayne' paper. "Rough and tough as Hell and doesn't take crap off no one". That's a compliment good Senator Cruz!
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