Congress is failing the American people, and the consequences are grave.
The Constitution is explicit: only Congress has the authority to declare war. Yet once again, Congress is standing aside while the Executive Branch escalates military action without authorization, debate, or accountability. This is not caution. It is abdication.
Your inaction puts U.S. service members directly in harm’s way, without a vote, without a mandate, and without the informed consent of the people they serve. That is not leadership. That is negligence.
Worse, the public is not blind to what is happening. As military tensions rise, Wall Street executives are openly meeting to assess “opportunities” in Venezuela and the surrounding region. The timing is not coincidental. It strongly suggests that this escalation is driven not by national security, but by profit, speculation, and political distraction.
Americans have seen this pattern before:
• Crisis manufactured or exaggerated
• Congress sidelined
• Troops deployed
• Defense contractors, energy interests, and financiers enriched
• Working families left with the bill, in blood, debt, and instability
Another endless conflict serves billionaires and corporate interests, not the American people. Congress’s silence makes it complicit.
You were not elected to outsource war powers or hide behind executive action. You were elected to exercise judgment, demand transparency, and vote, especially when lives are at stake.
I expect you to:
• Publicly reassert Congress’s exclusive authority to declare war
• Block funding for any unauthorized military action
• Demand full transparency and open debate before escalation
• Uphold your oath to the Constitution, not to donors or political expediency
If Congress refuses to act, it sends a clear message: that constitutional governance has been replaced by profit-driven militarism and political theater.
History will judge this moment. So will voters.
Do your job.
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