"I appreciate President @realDonaldTrump's bold action against Iranian aggression," GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, a fierce Trump ally, wrote in a tweet Thursday. It's not clear how many other lawmakers had advance notice of the strike. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called for an immediate briefing to the full Congress on the US strike. Democrats pushed back on Republican sentiments about the attack, stressing the potential consequences and lambasting the decision to carry out the strike without congressional authorization. On the campaign trail, Democratic former Vice President Joe Biden said "no American will mourn" Soleimani but that the strike that killed him is a "hugely escalatory move."

Source: CNN January 03, 2020 05:15 UTC