<p style="font-weight: 400;">Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso (R-WY) took to the Senate floor on Wednesday and systematically dismantled the Democrats&#8217; latest attempt to hamstring the commander-in-chief, exposing their sudden &#8220;constitutional&#8221; concerns as nothing more than a weaponized tool of political obstruction.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;" data-path-to-node="3">As the Senate prepares for an eighth vote on a War Powers resolution concerning Iran, Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and his caucus have ramped up their rhetoric, claiming President Trump has exceeded the 60-day threshold of the 1973 War Powers Act. But Barrasso was quick to provide a much-needed reality check, revealing the staggering hypocrisy of a party that only finds the Constitution relevant when a Republican is in the White House.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;" data-path-to-node="4">&#8220;What the Democrats are doing is not about protecting the Constitution; it is about obstructing the president of the United States,&#8221; Barrasso <a href="https://x.com/SenJohnBarrasso/status/2054583381560590835">declared</a>.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;" data-path-to-node="5">The Wyoming senator dropped a statistical hammer on the chamber: since 1973, there have been 17 War Powers Act votes in Congress. Out of those 17 votes spanning 53 years, a whopping 14 were launched by Democrats specifically targeting President Trump.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;" data-path-to-node="6">The partisan stench is undeniable. Barrasso noted that during the Obama administration — which saw significant military intervention in Libya — Democrats introduced exactly zero War Powers resolutions. They remained similarly silent during the Biden administration’s actions in Syria. Yet, in this Congress alone, Democrats have forced eight votes on Iran, with additional grandstanding over Cuba and Venezuela.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;" data-path-to-node="7">The timing of this latest &#8220;delay tactic&#8221; is particularly egregious. President Trump’s strategy of &#8220;peace through strength&#8221; has pushed the Iranian regime — the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism — to the brink. Iran is currently hemorrhaging $500 million a day in revenue, its oil exports have collapsed, and its leadership has been decimated.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;" data-path-to-node="8">&#8220;Only President Trump had the courage and the strength to keep his word,&#8221; Barrasso said, noting that while the president is overseas meeting with China, Democrats are attempting to &#8220;pull the rug out from under him.&#8221;</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;" data-path-to-node="9">The legal argument for the resolution is equally flimsy. War Secretary Pete Hegseth and the administration have maintained that the 60-day &#8220;timer&#8221; is not applicable because major fighting has halted and a ceasefire has held for over a month. Under established Senate precedent, a naval blockade does not constitute &#8220;active hostilities.&#8221;</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;" data-path-to-node="10">Barrasso concluded by warning that the world is watching — specifically Tehran and Beijing. By attempting to weaken the executive&#8217;s Article II powers — a move resisted by every president from Nixon and Reagan to even Clinton and Obama — Democrats are signaling a lack of American resolve.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;" data-path-to-node="11">&#8220;We should reject it because it’s partisan,&#8221; Barrasso said. &#8220;We should reject it because it is written by Democrats to weaken our commander-in-chief.&#8221;</p>

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