BREAKING: Democratic bruiser Congressman-elect Richard Ojeda unleashes a VOLCANIC takedown of Trump's failed Iran War: "The good guys do not bomb children in schools!"
This guy is quickly becoming a personal favorite of ours...
"You served in Iraq," began journalist Major Garrett during a conversation on his show "The Takeout."
"Yes," said Ojeda, who served in the Army for 24 years.
"You said that war was sold on a lie."
"Yes."
"What is your attitude about the Iran war?" asked Garrett.
"It's unacceptable. We need to end this war now," Ojeda said bluntly. "We're not the good guys. The good guys don't bomb children in schools. The good guys do not bomb children in hospitals. You know, we're in the wrong here, and that's just the way that it is."
We couldn't agree more and it's so refreshing to hear an elected official state the facts in such stark, unapologetic fashion. Trump launched this war to forward Israel's national interests. Iran posed no threat to us and our own intelligence agencies concluded that they weren't pursuing nuclear weapons. This is an illegal war of aggression that has accomplished nothing beyond pointless suffering and death and higher gas prices.
"We were committed to a war with no exit strategy," said Ojeda. "You know, and what's really the worst part about this is how dare you, how dare you send troops into harm's way while you're actively trying to gut the Veterans Administration, which is what every single one of those people that make it home are going to rely on for the rest of their lives!"
"You believe this administration is gutting the Veterans Administration?" asked Garrett.
"Absolutely. Absolutely," said Ojeda without hesitation.
"In what way?" asked Garrett.
"Period! I mean, cutting funding from the VA, trying to make it harder for people to be able to file their claims, cutting the Veterans Administration in terms of jobs," said Ojeda. "I mean, goodness gracious, DOGE fired 7,000 jobs. The big horrible bill targets like 86,000."
"You know, how dare you claim to support the veteran?" he continued. "You know, these are the people that will knock a person down to take a picture with the veteran coming off of a plane from a combat zone. But when it comes to standing up for those veterans, they're quiet, and that's unacceptable!"
And Ojeda isn't just talk. He's already publicly demanding that Hegseth be impeached for his horrific conduct as Defense Secretary and will be aggressively supporting the efforts to remove him once Democrats take power in January.
Ojeda is exactly the kind of no-nonsense, rhetorical brawler that Democrats need in the House right now. We can't wait to see what he does once he's sworn in.
