Lawmakers back Trump on Iran war

The men who represent St. Mary Parish in Washington had little to say Wednesday about the ceasefire agreement Tuesday night between the United States and Iran.
But each had made statements in support of President Donald Trump in Tuesday’s chaotic run-up to the ceasefire announcement.
In posts on his Truth Social media platform, the president had threatened to attack Iranian power plants and desalinization facilities, taking the country back “to the Stone Ages,” and then threatened to destroy Iran’s civilization.
Iran agreed to a ceasefire and to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a vital international energy chokepoint. But the president appears ready to go along with a two-week ceasefire while the parties negotiate over a 10-point plan proposed by Iran.
U.S. Rep. Clay Higgins, R-Lafayette, took to X to post this:
“I’ll support a ceasefire in Iran when the Iranian terrorist regime of disgusting jihadist fanatical men are all dead, their weapons are destroyed, their homes are rubble, and their lustful dreams of world domination have been pounded into the dust of history. Wipe. Them. Out. Until then … hit them harder than ever Mr. President. Hit them so hard, the Angels in Heaven nod in wonder.”
U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Baton Rouge, had this to say in an interview:
“I think we have to recognize, if you will, these are death throes of a dying regime. It is intensely provocative but think about what the Ayatollahs want. Their country — their support in the country is falling apart.
“They would like nothing better than to unite the Iranian people behind their old trope that the Great Satan is coming after us. If we keep that pressure upon them and they lose the support of the Iranian people, they will be disposed of, and that’s a great way to win a war.”
U.S. Sen. John Kennedy, R-Baton Rouge, had this to say in an interview on FOX Business:
“Here’s why we went into Iran: We had no choice. The president didn’t start a war, he was trying to stop a war. Iran basically said, ‘We’re producing 200 to 600 missiles a month, and we’re going to stockpile so many missiles that when we restart our nuclear program, if you try to do anything about it, we will destroy the entire Middle East, and we will hit London and Paris and Berlin.’
“So, the president went in. His objectives were to destroy Iran’s missile manufacturing plants, destroy their drone manufacturing plants, destroy as many of their missiles as we can, destroy as many of their drones as we can, destroy the infrastructure of the Revolutionary Guard, destroy their navy and destroy their air force.”