WI Delegation Reacts to Trump Threatening ‘Whole Civilization’ of Iran
'I do not want to see us blowing up civilian infrastructure,' Sen. Ron Johnson says.
Donald Trump. Photo from the White House.
Wisconsin Democrats are condemning President Donald Trump’s comments Tuesday that a “whole civilization will die tonight” if a deal is not reached in the war in Iran.
Trump has given Iran a deadline of Tuesday night to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
“A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again,” Trump said in a Truth Social post Tuesday morning. “I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will.”
Trump, in another recent post to Truth Social, threatened “blowing up and completely obliterating” infrastructure in Iran.
Here’s what members of Wisconsin’s congressional delegation had to say.
Democratic US Sen. Tammy Baldwin
In a social media post, Baldwin said, “This would be a war crime, plain and simple.”
“Killing innocent people is not only cruel and immoral, but it’s just not what Wisconsinites want,” Baldwin said. “President Trump needs to end his war of choice. Now.”
Republican US Sen. Ron Johnson
During an appearance on the “John Solomon Reports” podcast on Monday, reacting to earlier threats by the president to bomb bridges and power plants in Iran, Johnson said he is “hoping and praying that President Trump is … this really is bluster.”
“I do not want to see us start blowing up civilian infrastructure,” Johnson said on the podcast. “I do not want to see that. We are not at war with the Iranian people. We are trying to liberate them.”
The podcast came out before Trump’s post on Truth Social Tuesday morning.
Other Republican members of Wisconsin’s delegation could not be reached for comment. Rep. Tony Wied, R-De Pere, Rep. Derrick Van Orden, R-Prairie du Chien, Rep. Tom Tiffany, R-Minocqua, Rep. Bryan Steil, R-Janesville, U.S. Rep. Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau and U.S. Rep. Glen Grothman, R-Glenbeulah, all did not respond to emailed requests.
Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Madison
In a post on X in response to Trump’s Truth Social post, Pocan said, “25th Amendment RIGHT NOW!”
“Trump is too unhinged, dangerous, and deranged to have the nuclear codes!” Pocan said.
In another post, Pocan said, “And every single one of my Republican colleagues should unequivocally condemn this grotesque, unhinged behavior.”
Rep. Gwen Moore, D-Milwaukee
In a post on X, Moore said Trump “is threatening to wipe out an entire civilization.”
“Republicans in Congress who refused to take up a war powers resolution or do ANYTHING to curb this madman’s powers own the deaths of innocent civilians,” Moore said.
Wisconsin congressional delegation reacts to Trump threatening ‘a whole civilization’ in Iran was originally published by Wisconsin Public Radio.
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Five congressmen had no comment. What kind of hold does the president have over them? They must be removed from office.
I give RoJo a point for publicly stating that he hoped Frump’s apocalyptic Lie Social posts were just bluster, but he loses thousands of points (as usual) for not saying that he was undeniably and absolutely wrong to suggest the annihilation of an entire people, which is in violation of the Geneva Convention, and in and of itself, a war crime.
The rest of the reTrumplicans listed, Rep. Tony Wied, Rep. Derrick Van Orden, Rep. Tom Tiffany, Rep. Bryan Stei;, U.S. Rep. Scott Fitzgerald, and U.S. Rep. Glenn Grothman are gutless, spineless cowards.
Remember these names when it comes time to vote again for the seats they occupy.
They made a choice to say nothing.
They made a choice to NOT do what they were elected to do – represent the people that elected them.
They made a choice to show fealty to one man instead.
Whether you are Republican or Democrat, if you haven’t started the 25th Amendment process, you will be to blame for the war crimes that surely will happen/have happened under this president. Do something now!
we have no right to liberate anyone. someone is going to think we need liberation from this insane president, and we do, however, i do not want to be bombed into liberation. neither does any other country.
Ron Johnson’s “We are trying to liberate them” is such b.s. and ignores the history of US intervention in the country of Iraq’s affairs, dating back to the ’50’s when the CIA orchestrated a coup against their President in 1953. (That happened after Iraq had the audacity to nationalize their oil industry which upset US and UK business interests).
And lets not forget Reagan’s treasonous acts (“October Surprise”) during the hostage crisis which led to his election in 1980.
Now it seems the chickens are coming home to roost, Iran looks stronger and we have a dunce as President as our empire is in decline.
Yea, wish I would have caught the “Iraq” errors, oops.