'That is not who we are': Some Republicans break with Trump over Iran threats
Source: ABC News
April 7, 2026, 5:08 PM
With hours until President Donald Trump's self-imposed Tuesday night deadline for Iran to make a deal or face U.S. attacks, lawmakers are reacting to the president's latest threats and wipe out a "whole civilization" -- with some Republicans speaking out against Trump's words.
Wisconsin Republican Sen. Ron Johnson broke with Trump on his threats to bomb Iran's civilian infrastructure, saying in a podcast, "I hope and pray" he is "using this as bluster."
"I do not want to see us start blowing up civilian infrastructure ... We are not at war with the Iranian people. We are trying to liberate them," Johnson, a Trump ally who rarely breaks with the president, said on the "John Solomon Reports" podcast out on Monday.
Texas Republican Rep. Nathaniel Moran said in a post on X that he does not support "the destruction of a 'whole civilization'" -- a reference to Trump's social media post on Tuesday in which he threatened that a "whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again" although he said "I don't want that to happen.". "That is not who we are, and it is not consistent with the principles that have long guided America," Moran wrote.
Read more: https://abcnews.com/Politics/trump-ally-sen-ron-johnson-breaks-president-iran/story?id=131800928
It's EXACTLY who you fuckers are and how you manage to look in the mirror every day and not recoil from your own evil visage, is beyond explanation.
Lovie777
(23,092 posts)that is what you voted for.
LiberalArkie
(19,847 posts)McKinley. - Spanish American War
Eisenhower - Viet Nam "conflict"
Reagan. - Grenada
Bush - Iraq
Bush 2 - Afghanistan, Iraq
Trump. - Iran
BumRushDaShow
(170,175 posts)McKinley. - Spanish American War
Eisenhower - Viet Nam "conflict"
Reagan. - Grenada
Bush - Iraq, Panama
Bush 2 - Afghanistan, Iraq
Trump. - Iran
LiberalArkie
(19,847 posts)BumRushDaShow
(170,175 posts)for grabbing Maduro.
eppur_se_muova
(41,997 posts)Oh, and I understand there was a little covert support for a military junta here and there ... most notably Argentina (Nixon, Kissinger).
LiberalArkie
(19,847 posts)their stock portfolios like the income. And they always personally benefit from the tax cuts. Despite all the pain and suffering that Reagans tax cuts cause and no one ever brings that up.
Have to ban personal, private and corporate money from elections.
RandySF
(84,742 posts)Skittles
(171,905 posts)DO YOUR FUCKING JOBS
Irish_Dem
(81,563 posts)pat_k
(13,436 posts)Anything less is complicity.
NoMoreRepugs
(12,132 posts)the planet they are morons.
Wednesdays
(22,711 posts)They are complicit.
Roy Rolling
(7,642 posts)Republicans have declared ELECTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES
They do indeed. They do indeed.
JustKay
(146 posts)Aristus
(72,252 posts)We are still the only nation in the world that has used nukes in a time of war. Against civilians, I might add. That is who we are...
IronLionZion
(51,329 posts)Retired generals are on the news talking about Nuremburg-style trials as a real risk for following illegal orders. Donny probably won't be alive to see it.
calimary
(90,172 posts)RussBLib
(10,653 posts)Its a negotiating technique!
(Fucking son of a bitch)
https://russblib.blogspot.com/?m=1
republianmushroom
(22,366 posts)and have been for sometime.
Skittles
(171,905 posts)yes you did, YES YOU FUCKING DID
niyad
(132,712 posts)seeing you dining with putler on our Independence Day, 2018.
SSJVegeta
(2,873 posts)MW67
(182 posts)Heard it all before, total bs from total bs people
dlk
(13,269 posts)Trump is their 5-time draft dodging, commander in chief. They are getting exactly what they lied, cheated and stole so hard for.
enigmania
(471 posts)They are the embodiment of evil.
debsy
(973 posts)Stop pretending otherwise!
vapor2
(4,583 posts)They refuse to represent us and/or our democracy. Traitors IMO
Aussie105
(7,966 posts)He has clearly pointed out to anyone around the globe with half a brain:
1. Voting is important and has consequences. Consider your vote carefully.
2. A madman shouldn't be POTUS.
3. Global diplomacy is done with words, not weapons. With intelligence, not things that go BOOM!
4. Being a loudmouthed bully only gets you so far.
5. Republicans suck.
SamKnause
(14,906 posts)You are responsible for every bad thing that happens in this country !!!!!!!!
You hate this country and you are trying to change it !!!!!!!!!!
You are warmongering liars and cons !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You never vote for anything that helps the majority of people in this country.
You align yourself with Christian Nationalists.
You align yourself with people who hate democracy.
You align yourself with the KKK, Proud Boys, and all other white supremacists groups.
You align yourself with people who want to take the rights away from women.
You align yourself with people who don't believe in science and facts.
You bow down to the rich and shaft the masses.
I can not name one good or decent thing you have done since November 4th, 1970.
It has been all down hill for the people of this country since that date !!!!!!!!!
You shouldn't be allowed to live in this country because you hate it and you are deliberately
trying to destroy it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Be grateful I am not in charge of deportations !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
twodogsbarking
(18,877 posts)Scrivener7
(59,642 posts)but wiping out "a whole civilization" for no reason is.
Such profiles in courage. May they all rot in hell.
OldBaldy1701E
(11,212 posts)One has to have a soul and some humanity to be affected by that 'mirror' thing.
They don't.
QueerDuck
(1,767 posts)Hey, Sarandon! One more thing... fuck you!
MadMax9999999
(11 posts)This past weekend, the deranged juvenile delinquent currently soiling the Oval Office, Capitol Hill, Americas Constitution and the country itself proved beyond any doubt that he could very soon escalate to NUCLEAR threats if Iran continues to fight back against his unapproved personal war. Trump must GO. Before impeachment, though, it might be more effective for Democrats to (1) Ask VP Vance and Trumps Cabinet members to sign a Formal Intention of 25th-Amendment Removal, (2) Launch that process if enough people comply, or (3) If too many decline, proceed to impeach-- in a single class action-- Trump, Vance, and all Cabinet members who refuse to remove Trump despite his proven, overwhelming unfitness to remain in office. To remove those who refuse to do their Constitutionally mandated jobs. This would be (adapting Trump's favorite hyperbole) a shot "unlike anything the world has ever seen across his corrupt Administrations bow. It would, at the very least, strongly remind Capitol Hill that Justice is on the way. Regardless of how many patriotic Americans Trump's criminal Administration jails or how many future elections they try to steal, Justice is coming. [Oh, and we must keep demanding the rest of the Epstein Files in BIG BOLD TEXT!]