Donald Trump Issues Warning to AOC After Impeachment Push

 

U.S. President Donald Trump openly dared Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) to try impeaching him, dismissing her criticism and suggesting she should worry more about holding on to her own congressional seat.

Ocasio-Cortez, known as AOC, had argued that Trump’s decision to order airstrikes against Iran without securing congressional authorization constituted clear grounds for impeachment.

“She better focus on surviving her own Primary before she even thinks about challenging our Great Palestinian Senator, Cryin’ Chuck Schumer, whose career is definitely hanging by a thread!” Trump wrote on Truth Social.

“She and her Democrat allies have just recorded the Worst Poll Numbers in Congressional History, so by all means—go ahead and try impeaching me again. MAKE MY DAY!”

In response, AOC fired back on X (formerly Twitter), writing:

“Mr. President, don’t take your anger out on me—I’m just a silly girl, remember? Save it for whoever convinced you to betray the American people and our Constitution by illegally bombing Iran and dragging us into another war. It only took you five months to break nearly every promise you made.”

The tensions followed Trump’s Saturday announcement that U.S. forces had struck Iran’s nuclear facilities in Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan, citing the escalating conflict between Iran and Israel as justification.

Earlier this month, Israeli forces bombed targets in Tehran and other cities in an effort to undermine Iran’s nuclear capabilities. Iran retaliated with its own missile attacks, most of which Israel’s defenses intercepted.

Within the last 24 hours, Trump declared that the U.S. had brokered a ceasefire between Iran and Israel after 12 days of clashes marked by U.S. airstrikes and Iranian attacks against Israel and a U.S. base in Qatar. However, both governments have continued accusing each other of violating the truce, with fresh missile salvos and airstrikes further destabilizing the fragile ceasefire.

On Tuesday, the House voted overwhelmingly to kill an effort to impeach Trump on a single charge of abuse of power over the strikes in Iran.

Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) introduced the resolution, which spurred little debate but laid bare internal Democratic divisions. Most Democrats joined Republicans to shelve the measure, though dozens supported Green’s bid. The final tally was 344–79.

Since Saturday’s operation, Democrats have been split on Trump’s actions. AOC called the strikes “disastrous,” posting on X that they represented “a grave violation of the Constitution and Congressional War Powers.”

“The President’s reckless decision to bomb Iran without authorization is a grave violation of the Constitution,” she wrote. “He has impulsively risked a war that could entangle us for generations. This is absolutely and unequivocally grounds for impeachment.”

Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), who has repeatedly challenged U.S. military interventions, also denounced Trump’s strikes. Alongside Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), Khanna introduced a bipartisan War Powers Resolution to rein in the president’s authority to escalate military action against Iran.

Khanna wrote, “Trump struck Iran without any authorization of Congress. We need to return to Washington immediately and vote on our resolution to stop America from being dragged into yet another endless Middle East war.”

Massie, a frequent critic of Trump on executive overreach, continued sparring with the president on social media over the use of military force.

Meanwhile, Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) broke ranks with most Democrats, publicly supporting the strikes.

“As I’ve long said, this was the correct decision by @POTUS,” Fetterman posted. “Iran is the world’s top sponsor of terrorism and cannot be allowed nuclear capability. I’m grateful for and salute the finest military in the world.”

Fetterman has consistently backed Israel amid the Gaza war and recently urged the U.S. to supply Israel with weapons, intelligence, and military support to counter Iran.

Ahead of the House vote, Rep. Green said:

“I take no pleasure in this. I’m doing it because no single person should have the power to drag over 300 million people into war without consulting the Congress of the United States. Either the Constitution is going to matter, or it’s going to mean nothing.”

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) also lashed out at AOC on Saturday, writing on X:

“Shut up, you pathetic little hypocrite. YOU fully backed our military and intelligence agencies running the proxy war against Russia in Ukraine. And you VOTED to fund that war under your President with dementia. You don’t get to pretend to be anti-war now.”

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) weighed in on Tuesday, arguing that the War Powers Act itself may be unconstitutional.

“Many respected constitutional scholars say the War Powers Act is a violation of Article II powers of the commander in chief,” Johnson said. “I think that’s correct.”

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) reposted a clip of Johnson’s remarks, commenting:

“Imagine being in Congress and arguing against Congress having any authority. They’re ready to throw away their own war powers just so Trump can bomb whoever he wants without oversight. We’ve truly lost the plot.”

Whether the ceasefire urged by Trump will hold remains uncertain, as both Iran and Israel continue trading accusations. Qatar has also weighed in, warning that Iranian strikes violated its sovereignty and promising to consider how to respond.