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Rashida Tlaib's Embarrassing Tweet About Houthi Airstrikes Gets Slapped With a Fact Check

Rashida Tlaib's Embarrassing Tweet About Houthi Airstrikes Gets Slapped With a Fact Check
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Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) is in mourning right now. We blew up a bunch of terrorists who were harassing international shipping routes in the Red Sea. For weeks, Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen were firing ballistic missiles at U.S. warships.  

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These terrorists were targeting freighters, which is why there’s an Avengers-like coalition of navies combatting these terrorist thugs on the high seas. As Sarah wrote tonight, American and British forces are turning some into ashtrays, and they deserve it. The Wall Street Journal has more


A U.S.-led coalition launched more than a dozen strikes on Houthi rebel targets in Yemen, officials said late Thursday, two days after the Yemeni rebel force defied an ultimatum to halt its attacks on ships transiting the Red Sea with a barrage of missiles and drones. 

The strikes, conducted by U.S. and British forces and supported by Australia, Bahrain, Canada and the Netherlands, were intended to reduce the Houthis’ campaign, which the Iran-backed rebel group said it launched in response to Israel’s war on the Hamas militant group in Gaza.  

The coalition strikes early Friday morning local time were aimed at radar systems and drone and missile sites, a U.S. defense official said. A U.S. submarine, several destroyers and jet fighters, and part of the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower aircraft carrier strike group took part, a U.S. defense official said.  

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But Tliab thinks that Biden is committing an impeachable offense.

“The president is violating Article is of the Constitution by carrying out airstrikes in Yemen without congressional approval. The American people are tired of endless war,” she tweeted.  

First, now we’re opposed to endless wars. What’s the Democratic Party's position on Ukraine, miss? Second, you’re wrong about Article I, and Tlaib got slapped with a community note for it: 

This is incorrect. While only Congress may formally declare war, under 50 US §1543, the President may initiate limited military action without prior Congressional approval so long as he delivers a report to Congress within 48 hours of commencing the action. 

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It’s not shocking Tlaib doesn’t know anything. She’d rather peddle terrorist propaganda as she did over the Israeli airstrike on a hospital in Gaza that never happened. It was struck by a rocket fired by Palestinian Islamic Jihad.

 Meanwhile, in Times Square:

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UPDATE: Actually, a lot of Democrats are being dumb about these airstrikes. Maybe they should impeach Biden (via NY Post):

Several Democrats on Capitol Hill scolded President Biden Thursday for launching airstrikes against Houthi targets in Yemen without congressional approval, arguing that the action was unconstitutional. 

“The President needs to come to Congress before launching a strike against the Houthis in Yemen and involving us in another middle east (sic) conflict,” Rep. Ro Khanna tweeted. “That is Article I of the Constitution. I will stand up for that regardless of whether a Democrat or Republican is in the White House.”

“Section 2C of the War Powers Act is clear: POTUS may only introduce the US into hostilities after Congressional authorization or in a national emergency when the U.S. is under imminent attack,” the California Democrat went on. “Reporting is not a substitute. This is a retaliatory, offensive strike.”

Echoing Khanna, Rep. Val Hoyle (D-Ore.) tweeted, “These airstrikes have NOT been authorized by Congress. The Constitution is clear: Congress has the sole authority to authorize military involvement in overseas conflicts. Every president must first come to Congress and ask for military authorization, regardless of party.”

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