GOP Rep. Thomas Massie Calls Strike 'Unconstitutional'

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Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., listens during a joint subcommittee hearing of the House Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill, on Tuesday, April 1, in Washington. (Mark Schiefelbein/AP)

By    |   Saturday, 21 June 2025 08:46 PM EDT

Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., has denounced President Donald Trump's bold and decisive action to strike Iran's three nuclear sites Saturday night.

"This is not Constitutional," Massie wrote in a short X post.

Massie has been a leading Trump antagonist within the Republican Party, opposing the One Big Beautiful Bill and calling for Congress to block Trump from taking action on Iran without congressional approval.

Massie's statement is suggesting Trump has no presidential power to act on Iran's nuclear program without congressional authorization.

It is unclear whether the White House has engaged Congress' Gang of Eight leaders, of which Massie is not privy to as one of the lower-level House members.

Eric Mack

Eric Mack has been a writer and editor at Newsmax since 2016. He is a 1998 Syracuse University journalism graduate and a New York Press Association award-winning writer.

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