The Republican Party’s full-scale embrace of President Donald Trump’s historic strikes against Iran in Operation Epic Fury continued with the Chair of the House Freedom Caucus praising the president for his willingness to “stand up to evil forces in this world that threaten America.”
Rep. Andy Harris (R., Md.), who helms the Freedom Caucus, also leveraged Trump’s successful attacks on sites around Iran to criticize Democrats in his state for being “willing to stand by and watch Iran continually threaten Israel’s destruction and sponsor worldwide radical Islamic terrorism.”
Harris specifically singled out Gov. Wes Moore (D., Md.) for criticism; Moore, a potential 2028 candidate for Democrats, recently failed in his high-profile bid to gerrymander Harris out of office.
Harris’s support for Trump comes as Republicans on and off the Hill have marched in lockstep with the administration’s moves in coordination with Israel to strike Iran. Joe Gruters, the Chair of the Republican National Committee (RNC), was one of the first high-profile figures to back the president following the strikes.
Kiersten Pels, the RNC’s National Press Secretary, followed Gruters up by explaining to the Washington Reporter “Operation Epic Fury shows what real American strength on the world stage looks like. President Trump doesn’t issue empty warnings — he acts.”