Karoline Leavitt says Hakeem Jeffries did not answer 'courtesy' call on Iran strikes

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt pushed back against the notion that Democratic lawmakers were not briefed on the strikes against Iran in advance, adding that House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) “couldn’t be reached.”

Jeffries is among the critics of the strikes, claiming that President Donald Trump “misled the country about his intentions and failed to seek congressional authorization for use of military force.” The top House Democrat also said the operation in Iran “risks American entanglement in a potentially disastrous war in the Middle East.”