Congress is absent as Trump threatens Iranians ‘will die’

Democrats erupt in protest, but Republicans make their peace with “negotiating Trump style.”

"Iran would be wise to take President Trump at his word," read a message posted to an account under the control of Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.). | Francis Chung/POLITICO

As President Donald Trump threatened death to the “whole civilization” of Iran in a social media post early Tuesday, Rep. Eli Crane was outraged.

“No sane person can think this is okay,” the Arizona Republican wrote on X, an hour after Trump’s message.

But Crane wasn’t talking about the possible eradication of an entire people by a U.S. president. He was talking about a report that women from Turkey flew to Long Island to give birth and sign up for Medicaid.

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