Three times. The Senate had three separate chances to assert its constitutional authority over this bullshit war. And three times, it bent over and let Trump do whatever the fuck he wanted.
March 4. March 18. March 24. Same resolution. Same argument. Same result: 47 to 53. Every. Single. Time.
Tim Kaine stood up. Cory Booker stood up. Chris Murphy stood up. They forced the votes. They made every senator go on the record. And the record is exactly what you'd expect — a goddamn monument to spinelessness.
Fetterman Crossed. And That Shit Needs to Be Said Out Loud.
John Fetterman was the only Democrat to vote against the War Powers Resolution. All three times. Let that sink the fuck in.
The guy who ran as the working-class progressive champion of Pennsylvania looked at an unauthorized war, looked at a president who said "I don't care" about diplomacy, and decided that was fine. That's not independence. That's a goddamn betrayal of every person who put him there.
You don't get to brand yourself as the voice of regular people and then vote three times to let a president wage a war without asking anyone's permission. Pick a lane, John. Because this one stinks.
Rand Paul Was the Only Republican With a Spine. Let That Piss You Off.
One Republican voted for the resolution. One. Rand Paul. And whatever you think of Rand Paul on everything else — and believe me, I think plenty — on this, the son of a bitch was right. He's been consistent on war powers for years. He's the only one on that side of the aisle who actually means it when he says the word "Constitution."
Collins, Murkowski, Young — the so-called moderates? Folded like cheap lawn chairs. Every single one. They had the chance to be the difference and they chose party over country. Again. Because of course they did. That's all these cowards know how to do.
This Is What Congressional Failure Looks Like
The Constitution says Congress declares war. Not the president. Congress. That's Article I. That's not ambiguous. It's not a suggestion. It's not a fucking guideline. It's the foundational check on executive power that the framers put there precisely because they didn't trust one person to drag the country into armed conflict on a whim.
And here we are. Six servicemembers dead by the first vote. Thirteen dead by the third. Oil at $100. Gas up over a dollar. A ceasefire that barely held a week. A naval blockade. And Congress just… watched. Like it was a damn movie.
Not because they didn't have the tool. They had the tool. They had the War Powers Resolution — the exact mechanism designed for exactly this situation. They just chose not to use it. Because using it would mean standing up to Trump. And these gutless assholes would rather watch the country burn than risk a mean tweet.
Bottom Line
Fifty-three senators voted three times to let a president wage an unauthorized war with zero congressional approval. They had the vote. They had the floor. They had the constitutional obligation. And they chose Trump. Every fucking time.
Don't let any of them pretend later that they didn't know. They knew. They voted. They chose this. And every servicemember who comes home in a box from this point forward is on them as much as it's on that asshole in the Oval Office.
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