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Dems React to Classified Briefing on Iran: ‘It Is So Much Worse Than You Thought’

March 4, 2026 at 04:33 AM
By Charisma Madarang
After a briefing on the U.S. war launched against Iran, House Democrats said the Trump administration offered little clarity on it's plan moving forward

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After a briefing on the U.S. war launched against Iran, House Democrats said the Trump administration offered little clarity on it's plan moving forward 'I Am More Fearful' Dems React to Classified Briefing on Iran: ‘It Is So Much Worse Than You Thought’ After a briefing on the U.S. war launched against Iran, House Democrats said the Trump administration offered little clarity on it's plan moving forward By Charisma Madarang Charisma Madarang Contact Charisma Madarang on X Contact Charisma Madarang by Email Courtney Love Hints at Hole Tour With Melissa Auf der Maur John Hammond, Prolific Blues Guitarist and Singer, Dead at 83 Sag Harbor Authorities Agree to Hold Release of Footage From Justin Timberlake’s DWI Arrest View all posts by Charisma Madarang March 3, 2026 Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) speaks to the media on March 3, 2026 in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images As House Democrats walked out of a closed-door briefing on Tuesday evening over the United States’s military campaign against Iran, many expressed exasperation with the Trump administration and said the president and his team had not offered a sufficient justification for the attack on foreign soil “I just want to say I am more fearful than ever after this briefing that we may be putting boots on the ground and that troops from the United States may be necessary to accomplish objectives that the administration seems to have,” said Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) after leaving the meeting held by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, CIA Director John Ratcliffe, and Joint Chiefs chair Dan Caine. Blumenthal added, “I think the administration owes it to the American people to have briefings not just for members of Congress, but for the American public.” Senator Richard Blumenthal on Iran: “I just want to say I am more fearful than ever after this briefing that we may be putting boots on the ground and that troops from the United States may be necessary to accomplish objectives that the administration seems to have. I think… pic.twitter.com/sUA1V2hc4R— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) March 3, 2026 In a social media video posted by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), the senator directly addressed those watching and said, “It is so much worse than you thought.” Warren added, “You are right to be worried. The Trump administration has no plan in Iran. This illegal war is based on lies, and it was launched without any imminent threat to our nation. Donald Trump still hasn’t given a single clear reason for this war, and he seems to have no plan for how to end it either.” The United States and Israel launched a war against Iran on Saturday in what Donald Trump has described as “massive and ongoing.” Iran’s longtime supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed by U.S. and Israeli strikes, as was several top figures in Khamenei’s regime. Multiple U.S. service members have also died and Trump, Hegseth, and Caine have all warned that more Americans are likely to die. Trending Stories Jim Carrey Did Not Send an Impostor to Accept His Honorary César Award
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