Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg balked at fellow 2020 candidate and Sen. Bernie Sanders' suggestion that President Trump carried out an "assassination" when he ordered a lethal strike on Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani. "The assassination of Qassem Soleimani laid bare the consequences of war powers increasingly coopted by the executive branch alone," Rep. Joe Kennedy, D-Mass., tweeted. Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., and Sanders, I-Vt. similarly called the killing an assassination. 2020 DEMOCRATS GO AFTER TRUMP FOR 'RECKLESS' AIRSTRIKEDuring his first public remarks on the strike, Trump claimed that he "caught" Soleimani "in the act and terminated him." AOC SLAMS TRUMP, SAYS SOLEIMANI STRIKE RISKS 'LIVES OF MILLIONS OF INNOCENT PEOPLE'Laurence Tribe, Dershowitz's colleague at Harvard, cast doubt on that conclusion.

Source: Fox News January 04, 2020 00:02 UTC