This week, we are focusing on Trump’s chaos campaign that he is using to distract voters from the disastrous economy. As the Trump Administration becomes entangled in rising tensions with Iran, Trump and his Republican buddies are counting on headlines and fear to divert attention from the fact that Wisconsin families are struggling to afford everyday necessities. The affordability crisis is a direct result of the Republican Party’s reckless tariff tax, which has driven up prices and squeezed working people while Trump and his allies refuse to take responsibility.
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ON TRUMP’S CHAOS CAMPAIGN
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TOPLINE MESSAGE: Donald Trump is deliberately stoking chaos to distract voters from his deeply unpopular economic agenda. Instead of addressing the rising costs facing working families, Trump is throwing us into yet another overseas military conflict to shift attention away from policies that benefit billionaires like Elon Musk while leaving working-class Americans behind.
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Trump is causing chaos in Iran to distract from his horrible economic policies, and now the U.S is involved in another foreign conflict because of it.
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Eight months ago, the Trump administration claimed that Iran’s nuclear capacity had been completely destroyed. Today, Democrats are demanding answers from Donald Trump as to why he launched a massive military campaign against Iran.
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Here’s what Wisconsin Democrats are saying about Iran:
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Senator Tammy Baldwin: ““President Trump illegally bombed Iran, totally disregarding the Constitution, putting American troops in harm’s way, and starting another war in the Middle East with no end in sight. The Constitution is clear: if the President wants to start a war, Congress – elected by the people – needs to sign off on it. The Senate needs to come back immediately to vote on this President’s senseless and illegal bombings– I know where I stand. Have we learned nothing from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan? Doubling down with another open-ended war without realistic goals or a strategy to win is not only foolish, but also recklessly puts Wisconsin’s sons and daughters at risk.”
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Representative Mark Pocan: “[…] Donald Trump put American troops in harms way without Congressional authority. He is liable for every drop of blood spilled. Congress must immediately vote on a War Powers Resolution to end this illegal war before Trump destabilizes the entire region.
- Representative Gwen Moore: “I object to this lawless military operation in Iran. The Administration’s decision to pursue these operations without congressional authorization again demonstrates Trump’s inability to engage in diplomacy and respect Congress as a co-equal branch of government. Bombs are not a substitute for long-term strategy and diplomacy. […]In authorizing these strikes without Congress, the candidate who campaigned on peace is now bent on starting wars. Congress should have acted after the first ill-advised attack. Speaker Johnson must allow a vote on the War Powers Resolution to stop another forever war.”
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