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Democrats Got Caught in a Huge Lie About Trump’s Iran Strike
Matt Margolis | 11:43 AM on June 23, 2025

The Democrat-media complex got caught red-handed peddling yet another
false narrative, only to have it blow up in its face when the facts came crashing down.

The latest chapter in the Democrats’ never-ending war against the Trump administration centers on the successful strike against Iran’s nuclear
sites. As you’ve likely seen, Democrats and their media allies wasted no
time launching a coordinated campaign of phony outrage.

Their claim? The White House recklessly bypassed congressional
leadership — specifically Democrats — before the operation, supposedly violating the Constitution. It’s a laughable accusation, especially considering that they had no such concerns when Bill Clinton, Barack
Obama, or Joe Biden launched military strikes without congressional
approval or proper notification.

CNN tried to stir controversy by reporting that while House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune were briefed ahead of
time, Democrat leaders Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries were only
informed shortly before the public announcement, after the operation had already taken place. But as White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt explained on Fox News, this was nothing more than a misleading narrative designed to distract from a major American victory. Leavitt didn’t just
push back; she dismantled the lie piece by piece.

"We did make bipartisan calls," Leavitt stated, setting the record
straight from the outset. "Thomas Massie and the Democrats — he should
be a Democrat 'cause he's more aligned with them than with the
Republican Party — were given notice. The White House made calls to congressional leadership. They were bipartisan calls."

The White House, contrary to the manufactured narrative, conducted its
due diligence and reached out to leaders on both sides of the aisle. The administration’s outreach efforts were comprehensive, but in a detail
that speaks volumes, the top Democrat in the House was apparently
unavailable to take a call of such national security importance.

Leavitt revealed the specifics of the outreach, exposing the
disingenuous nature of the complaints.

"In fact, Hakeem Jeffries couldn't be reached," she explained. "We tried
him before the strike and he didn't pick up the phone, but he was
briefed after, as well as Chuck Schumer was briefed prior to the strike."

Related: WATCH: Scott Jennings BRUTALLY Dismantles a Former DNC
Spokesperson's Absurd Iran Take

So not only was the Senate Minority Leader informed beforehand, but the administration also followed up with the House Minority Leader after
their initial attempt to reach him was unsuccessful.

Predictably, CNN led the charge in broadcasting the false claim, running
with a story that the White House had snubbed Democrats. It was the
exact kind of anti-administration narrative the network eagerly
promotes, facts be damned. But this time, the White House had the receipts.

The lie was so egregious and so easily disproven that even CNN and Sen. Schumer's office, once confronted with incontrovertible evidence, had to
beat a hasty retreat. "So this notion that CNN ran with, that the White
House did not give a heads-up to Democrats is just completely false,"
Leavitt declared. "In fact, both Sen. Schumer's office and CNN had to
retract that story last night because it was a blatant lie, and we
showed them the timestamps from those phone calls."

Beyond just debunking the central lie, Leavitt exposed the fundamental
flaw in the Democrats' entire grievance campaign. The notifications, she argued, were not a legal requirement but a professional courtesy — a
courtesy that Democrats repaid with dishonest attacks.

The president has every right to act decisively without consulting
Congress yet chose to extend a respectful heads-up anyway.

"The White House was not obligated to call anyone because the President
was acting within his legal authority under Article II of the
Constitution as Commander in Chief of the President of the United
States," Leavitt said. "We gave these calls as a courtesy."

This brings us to the pathetic heart of the matter. Why would Democrats
and their media allies fabricate such a story? Why throw a tantrum over
the process of a successful military operation that made America safer?
Leavitt provided the obvious and damning answer: because they simply
cannot stomach a victory under this president. Their Trump Derangement
Syndrome makes it impossible for them to acknowledge a win for the
country if it’s also a win for this administration.

They would rather invent a procedural controversy than confront the
reality of a foreign policy success that eluded past presidents from
both parties.

“The Democrats are lying about this," Leavitt explained, "because they
can't talk about the truth of the success of that operation and the
success of our United States military and the success of this president
and this administration in doing something that past administrations,
Democrats too, have only dreamed about."

Democrats and their media allies would rather invent a procedural
controversy and attack the President than admit he achieved a major
national security victory that made America safer. At PJ Media, we
refuse to let them distract from the truth and are committed to
reporting on the successes the legacy media works so hard to ignore.
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Matt Margolis
“He’s a great columnist. I think he’s terrific.” - Mark Levin

Matt Margolis is a conservative commentator and columnist. His work has
been cited on Fox News and national conservative talk radio, including
The Rush Limbaugh Show, The Mark Levin Show, and The Dan Bongino Show.
Matt is the author of several books and has appeared on Newsmax, OANN,
Real America’s Voice News, Salem News Channel, and even CNN.


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