Yesterday, Sen. Mike Lee had this 👇 forceful criticism for a classified briefing on Trump's decision to kill a top Iranian military commander. Today, Vice President Mike Pence sprinted across morning television news programs to defend the administration.
Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday defended the administration from forceful criticism by Sen. Mike Lee, after the Utah Republican called a classified briefing on President Donald Trump’s decision to kill a top Iranian military commander “the worst” he had seen in his tenure on Capitol Hill.
Although senior administration officials have claimed that Soleimani’s removal from the battlefield prevented an imminent threat that could have endangered as many as hundreds of American lives in the region, congressional Democrats have evinced skepticism regarding the intelligence behind the strike.
“They had to leave after 75 minutes while they’re in the process of telling us that we need to be good little boys and girls and run along and not debate this in public,” Lee said. “I find that absolutely insane.” “I want to be clear — with respect to the strike against Soleimani, that was arguably lawful. I still have questions that remain unanswered on that point. I'm going to set that aside a moment, and I'm going to assume for purposes of this discussion that that may well have been lawful,” Lee said.
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