Far-left “Squad” Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) were among dozens of House Democrats this week that voted against reaffirming Iran as the “largest state sponsor of terrorism.”
The resolution, introduced by Rep. Brian Mast (R-Fla.), passed in a 372-53 vote Thursday, with only Democrats opposing the nonbinding measure – which also declared that Iran “provides substantial financial and military support to groups including Hezbollah, Hamas, and the Houthis.”
Lefty Reps. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.), Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), Summer Lee (D-Pa.), Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) and Al Green (D-Texas), along with New York’s Yvette Clarke and Nydia Velázquez, were among the lawmakers joining Ocasio-Cortez and Omar in voting against the resolution.
The White House noted that “State Departments of both parties have declared since 1984” that Iran is a state sponsor of terrorism.
“Just 3 years ago, a resolution condemning the terrorist Iranian regime passed the House by a vote of 420-1,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt wrote on X. “Now 53 House Democrats just refused to reaffirm that Iran remains the world’s largest state sponsor of terrorism.
“Trump Derangement Syndrome is melting their brains.”
Mast’s resolution further stated that Iran “poses a direct and persistent threat to the United States and is responsible for the deaths of hundreds of American citizens.”
“Iranian-backed proxy militias are responsible for the deaths of at least 603 US service members in Iraq – roughly one in every six American combat fatalities,” the measure continued, adding that the regime has “amassed a large stockpile of enriched uranium and continues to block access to undeclared sites in Iran affiliated with their ‘big, ambitious nuclear weapons program.’”
Rep. Sara Jacobs (D-Calif.) indicated that she voted against the measure because of her opposition to President Trump’s military operation against Iran.
“Iran is obviously a state sponsor of terrorism. There’s no debate on that,” Jacobs wrote on X. “The issue is that Republicans are using this to claim that Iran is harboring Al Qaeda (sound familiar?) and is a direct and persistent threat to the US so they can legally justify this reckless war.”
