Weekend Edition | Trump's Iran War: ‘Your Tax Dollars Being Used to Raise Your Gas Price' and Kill Kids
Sunday, March 8, 2026 ■ Today's Top News 'Oh Come on,' Says Senate Democrat After Jake Tapper Plays Voting-Against-the-Troops Card "The American people don't want this war," said Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut. "Virtually nothing good happened from sending thousands of Americans to die in Iraq in the 2000s and if we don't learn that lesson then shame on every single one of us." By Jon Queally Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut offered immediate push back on Sunday when CNN anchorJake Tapper said a vote against an expected $50 billion request by President Donald Trump to fund his attack on Iran would be seen as “voting against the troops.” “Oh come on,” said Murphy, incredulous. “I mean, the American people don’t want this war. They don’t want this war—they have seen what happens when American troops go into places like Iraq, places like Afghanistan. Ultimately we get a lot of people killed, we waste a lot of dollars. The one thing the pe...