(The Center Square) – Many of Wisconsin’s representatives in Congress spent Wednesday talking about something other than Iran.
Most of the state’s eight members of Congress were silent about President Trump’s deal with Iran.
Green Bay-area Republican Tony Wied was the only member of the House to talk about the deal on social media.
“President Trump has made it clear that he does not want endless wars in the Middle East. I completely agree," he wrote. "Yet as soon as a peace deal emerges, the swamp attacks it. They either want to see America fail or want to see endless wars continue. I want to see this war come to an end, and I am grateful to have a president who is pursuing peace through strength to protect our country and the American people."
Wisconsin’s two U.S. senators also addressed the deal. They were, as expected, split on the agreement.
"And now he's claiming victory without a permanent solution in hand," Democrat Sen. Tammy Baldwin said on Capitol Hill Wednesday. "We are in a worse position than when President Trump started this war. That is why Donald Trump's 'wink and nod' promise is simply not enough."
Baldwin said she, and her constituents, want a guarantee that the war in Iran is over once and for all.
Republican Sen. Ron Johnson on Wednesday said the president’s deal with Iran is “bowing to reality.”
“President Trump recognizes the reality that the Iranian people were not able to overthrow the regime and that Americans would not support a ground war to defeat it. So [the president] made a deal to open the Strait of Hormuz to limit economic damage and carefully monitor the regime’s behavior moving forward,” Johnson wrote on X.
Johnson added that if Iran walks away from the 60-day memorandum of understanding, or doesn’t deliver on its end, the United States can and will act.
“You can always go back in there,” Johnson said.
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