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CNNRon Johnson: If Iranians Had Guns, They WouldnCNN't Nuke
April 19, 2026
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During a hearing about the Trumpstein-Iran war, Sen Ron Johnson started trolling legal expert Stephen Vladeck. All RoJo accomplished was to show himself to be the blithering idiot that he is. Keep in mind that this hearing was about whether Trump had the legal authority to get the United States into this quagmire of a war. ROJO: I'm assuming you don't support the ayatollahs in Iran, do you think there's anything less than a brutal, tyrannical threat and menace to world peace? VLADECK: No, but I also don't think that's the standard for when presidents have the constitutional authority to send Americans to harm's way.
ROJO: Do you think it would be a good thing if the ayatollahs were in the dustbin of history, that they no longer represented a threat and a menace to world peace? Do you think that'd be a good thing? VLADECK: I mean, what I think and what this... ROJO: You can't even answer that question VLADECK: Senator, I don't know why what I think is relevant. Yes, I do, but I also think that this condition would be more interested in what the Constitution provides for. ROJO: The point I want to make is they were a menace. They are an existential threat. I mean, they get a nuclear weapon. They've got missile technology. VLADECK: And so law doesn't matter? ROJO: Park a barge off the US, lob a missile up, hit off, explode a nuclear weapon, wipe out our electrical grid. That's an existential threat.read more
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