GOP lawmakers join Dems in urgent effort to rein in Trump and halt ‘illegal war'

Multiple Republican lawmakers have joined their Democratic colleagues in working to rein in President Donald Trump after his administration launched a major military operation in Iran early Saturday morning.

Leading the charge are Reps. Ro Khanna (D-CA) and Thomas Massie (R-KY), who’ve introduced what’s known as a War Powers Resolution, a legislative tool to check the president’s power over declaring war and require congressional authorization before U.S. forces can engage in sustained military action.

“Donald Trump has launched a war on Iran – the Congress must reconvene on Monday to vote on Thomas Massie and my War Powers Resolution to stop this war!” Khanna said in a statement Saturday. “Every member of Congress must go on record today on how they will vote on Thomas Massie and my War Powers Resolution!”

Massie outright said that he was "opposed to this war” on Saturday, and was joined in his opposition by his fellow Republican lawmaker Rep. Warren Davidson (R-OH), who argued earlier this week that the Trump administration had failed to make a case for military action against Iran.

Also joining the effort to rein in Trump was Rep. Greg Casar (D-TX), who on Saturday called the Trump administration’s military action in Iran “illegal.”

“Congress must do everything in its power to stop Trump’s illegal war, including reconvening for an immediate vote on a War Powers Resolution,” Casar wrote in a social media post on X Saturday morning. “But we will also need millions of Americans to speak out and demand an end.”

Trump authorized a series of strikes on Iran early Saturday morning as part of what has been called Operation Epic Fury, with the focus of the initial strikes being Iran’s military assets. Civilian casualties have already been reported, however, including the striking of a girls’ school that left at least 40 dead, per the India Times.