Democratic efforts to constrain Donald Trump’s Iran war are gaining unexpected momentum. More Republican lawmakers are privately signaling they’re ready to join Democrats on a war powers resolution — and the defections may accelerate dramatically by month’s end. According to MS NOW, Democrats believe “there’s a pathway to success” on forcing votes this week that would dampen hostilities in Iran. The political math is shifting in Democrats’ favor. While they would need a two-thirds majority in both chambers to override Trump’s almost-certain veto, a privileged war powers measure only requires a simple majority to pass — a threshold that appears increasingly achievable as GOP support erodes, MS NOW reported. The breaking point could happen on April 29. One House GOP lawmaker, granted anonymity, told MS NOW that “a lot of Republicans” would be ready to support a war powers resolution by then. “This issue is already coming ripe at the end of this month, and if they don’t come to us by then, they’re in violation of the law. And that’s when you’ll see many of us saying no más,” they told MS NOW. Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) framed the political stakes sharply: “Every day that Republicans stand in the way of Democratic efforts to end this war is another day that they own the chaos, the bloodshed and the economic volatility that has resulted.” Senate Republicans are already showing cracks. So far, only Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) has voted with Democrats on three separate Iran war powers resolutions over the past month. But Trump’s apocalyptic rhetoric is pushing other Republicans toward the exit, MS NOW reported. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)directly rebuked Trump’s threat to wipe out a “whole civilization.” “It cannot be excused away as an attempt to gain leverage in negotiations with Iran. It undermines our long-standing role as a global beacon of freedom and directly endangers Americans both abroad and at home,” Murkowski wrote. Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) was equally damning about Trump’s Easter Truth Social posts threatening to annihilate Iran’s infrastructure and demanding Tehran open the Strait of Hormuz in a social media post loaded with obscenities. “Completely inappropriate,” Collins said of the threats. “And the subsequent post in which he threatened to essentially annihilate the whole country of Iran is also not conducive to the negotiations that will shortly be underway.”
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