Former Democratic Party advisor Dan Turrentine called out recent suggestions President Donald Trump should be impeached over his attack on Iran Saturday night.
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FormerDemocraticPartyadvisorDanTurrentinesaidthe“unhingedcallsforimpeachment”inthewakeofPresidentDonaldTrump’sattackonIranwas“truly[TrumpDerangementSyndrome]”ondisplayonSunday.
TheWhiteHouselaunched“Operation:MidnightHammer”onSaturdayandstruckthreeofIran’skeynuclearfacilities.ManyDemocratswerequicktocallthestrike“unconstitutional”andsuggestedthatTrumpcouldbeimpeachedoverhisdecisiontoattackIranwithoutcongressionalauthority.
Turrentine,whoworkedunderHillaryClintonwhenshewasaNewYorksenatorandformerColoradoGov.JaredPoliswhenhewasintheHouseofRepresentatives,wroteonXthatDemocratsneedtobackawayfromtalksofimpeachment.
“Itwastoodepressingtowritethislastnight,afterwegotoffair,soIwenttobed.But,itneedstobesaidbymoreDemocrats:thiswasnotanimpeachableoffense,andTrumpdidnotneedcongressionalapprovalf
