53 House Democrats Vote ‘No’ On Declaring Iran a ‘State Sponsor of Terrorism’; WH’s Leavitt: 53 Democrats Who Voted Against Iran Terror Resolution ‘Lost Their Minds’

53 House Democrats Vote ‘No’ on Declaring Iran a ‘State Sponsor of Terrorism’:

A significant number of House Democrats voted “no” on declaring the Islamic Republic of Iran a “state sponsor of terrorism.”

Sponsored by Rep. Brian Mast (R-FL), the resolution passed the U.S. House on Thursday by a 372-53 vote. Two Democrats voted present. While squad members like Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) were expected to vote “no,” a full 53 proved somewhat surprising. Their names, per Fox News:

1. Donald S. Beyer Jr.
2. Suzanne Bonamici
3. André Carson
4. Greg Casar
5. Joaquin Castro
6. Yvette D. Clarke
7. Steve Cohen
8. Danny K. Davis
9. Maxine Dexter
10. Lloyd Doggett
11. Dwight Evans
12. Lizzie Fletcher
13. Valerie Foushee
14. Maxwell Alejandro Frost
15. Robert Garcia
16. Jesús “Chuy” García
17. Al Green
18. Raúl M. Grijalva
19. Val Hoyle
20. Jared Huffman
21. Sara Jacobs
22. Pramila Jayapal
23. Henry C. “Hank” Johnson, Jr.
24. Robin Kelly
25. Ro Khanna
26. Raja Krishnamoorthi
27. Summer Lee
28. Sarah McBride
29. Morgan McGarvey
30. James P. McGovern
31. LaMonica McIver
32. Christian D. Menefee
33. Robert Jacobsen “Rob” Menendez Jr.
34. Gwen Moore
35. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
36. Ilhan Omar
37. Chellie Pingree
38. Mark Pocan
39. Ayanna Pressley
40. Delia Ramirez
41. Emily Randall
42. Luz Rivas
43. Linda T. Sánchez
44. Janice D. “Jan” Schakowsky
45. Lateefah Simon
46. Mark Takano
47. Rashida Tlaib
48. Lori Trahan
49. Lauren Underwood
50. Nydia M. Velázquez
51. Maxine Waters
52. Bonnie Watson Coleman
53. Nikema Williams

The resolution said nothing about President Trump’s strikes on Iran, while saying the regime “remains the world’s largest state sponsor of terrorism and provides substantial financial and military support to groups including Hezbollah, Hamas, and the Houthis,” adding that it “poses a direct and persistent threat to the United States and is responsible for the deaths of hundreds of American citizens,”

It also cited the Pentagon as saying that “Iranian-backed proxy militias are responsible for the deaths of at least 603 U.S. service members in Iraq — roughly one in every six American combat fatalities.”--->READ MORE HERE

WH’s Leavitt: 53 Democrats Who Voted Against Iran Terror Resolution ‘Lost Their Minds’:

Friday on Fox News Channel’s “America Reports,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the 53 House Democrats who voted against a resolution reaffirming the U.S. position that Iran is the largest state sponsor of terrorism had “lost their minds.”

Co-host John Roberts said, “Yesterday in the House, there was a vote that was taken to reaffirm the U.S.’s view that Iran is the leading state sponsor of terrorism in the world. When when a similar vote was taken three years ago, the vote was 420 to 1. Yesterday, 53 Democrats voted against that resolution, prompting Steve Scalise to say, ‘Well, we just had a vote in the House to simply affirm the fact that Iran is the world’s number one state sponsor of terrorism. 53 Democrats voted no by denying this basic fact, these radical Democrats are defending the murderous Iranian regime and standing against America.’ I want to invite you to weigh in on this. And as you do that, we’re going to put up on the screen here. Scroll of all of the terror attacks that have occurred since 1979 at the behest of the Iranians. Go ahead.” --->READ MORE HERE

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