“The President is now exempt from our tax laws while everyone else has to obey them.
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“This is outright theft. Trump is stealing $1.7 BILLION of your money to set up a totally unprecedented, first-in-American-history political slush fund that he can use to dole out cash to win loyalty and favors for him and his family.
“I heard the treasury secretary say that, 'Who cares about the downgrading of our credit rating from Moody's?' That is a big deal. That means that we are likely headed for a recession and probably means higher interest rates for anybody out there who is trying to start a business or to buy a home.
“We should not fail to note how extraordinary it is that our Senate Republican leadership has declined to do any oversight of a war that is costing billions of dollars every week.
“Republicans could have spent their reconciliation process on gas prices or the health insurance catastrophe that's about to hit Americans... We can't fund that kind of agency. We would be violating our oath of office, all of us, to fund an agency that just doesn't care about the law.
“Allowing Iran to control the Strait of Hormuz would be a history-changing win for Tehran. The level of incompetence is both stunning and heartbreaking. Hard to believe that a rushed agreement made under the threat of civilization annihilation doesn't seem to be holding together for more than 24 hours.
“If I were in Trump's Cabinet, I would spend Easter calling constitutional lawyers about the 25th Amendment. Completely, utterly unhinged. He's already killed thousands. He's going to kill thousands more.
“If I were in Trump's Cabinet, I would spend Easter calling constitutional lawyers about the 25th Amendment. Completely, utterly unhinged. He's already killed thousands. He's going to kill thousands more.
“It's likely that experienced generals are telling Hegseth his Iran war plans are unworkable, disastrous, and deadly.
“Trump's war in Iran is spiraling out of control. He has no legal authority to continue this war without Congress, and we will keep forcing votes until this body does its constitutional duty. A war powers resolution would obligate the president to seek approval from Congress on further military action in the region.
“The illegality of Trump's insane war in Venezuela is out of control.