Massie on Iran strikes: 'No imminent threat' to US authorizing that

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) on Sunday slammed the United States's recent strikes against Iran, saying there was “no imminent threat” to the U.S. to authorize them.

In an interview on CBS's "Face the Nation," host Margaret Brennan stated that House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said that "'the Article One power of Congress really allows for the president to do this. It was a limited, necessary, targeted strike,'" of the Iran attacks.

“Well, he's probably referring to the War Powers Act of 1973, but that's been misinterpreted. There were no imminent threats to the United States, which was what would authorize that. And I think that's peculiar to hear that from the speaker of the House,” Massie responded. 

On Saturday, Trump announced that the U.S. had bombed three Iranian nuclear sites, stepping into an ongoing conflict between Iran and Israel that kicked off the prior week.

Massie quickly posted on the social platform X that Trump’s bombing of Iranian nuclear sites was unconstitutional.

Massie did his interview alongside Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), who is a co-sponsor of a war powers resolution with the Kentucky Republican to prohibit U.S. involvement in Iran.

“The tragedy in this country is that we keep entering these overseas wars. We triumphantly declare the mission is accomplished the day after. And then we're left with Americans burdening the consequences for decades,” Khanna said in the “Face the Nation” interview.