{"id":2448413,"date":"2025-06-17T14:00:01","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T18:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dem-congresswoman-of-iranian-descent-twists-trumps-tehran-warning-into-something-it-wasnt\/"},"modified":"2025-06-17T14:00:45","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T18:00:45","slug":"dem-congresswoman-of-iranian-descent-twists-trumps-tehran-warning-into-something-it-wasnt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dem-congresswoman-of-iranian-descent-twists-trumps-tehran-warning-into-something-it-wasnt\/","title":{"rendered":"Dem Congresswoman of Iranian Descent Twists Trump&#8217;s Tehran Warning Into Something It Wasn&#8217;t"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdem-congresswoman-of-iranian-descent-twists-trumps-tehran-warning-into-something-it-wasnt%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2448413&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses a recent conflict between Arizona Democratic Congresswoman yassamin ansari and former President Donald Trump regarding a post Trump made that seemed to warn of possible military action in Tehran. Trump&#8217;s post advised that Iranian citizens should evacuate the city, which he described as a warning about the dangers of a nuclear weapon in Iran. Ansari interpreted Trump&#8217;s message as a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >callous threat possibly endangering innocent lives<\/a> and adding to the already complex geopolitical tensions.She pointed out her personal connection to Iran, as her parents fled the country, and criticized Trump for his inflammatory rhetoric.<\/p>\n<p>The author of the article defends Trump&#8217;s post as a genuine caution to minimize human casualties rather than a direct threat of violence. They argue that Ansari&#8217;s response mischaracterizes Trump&#8217;s intentions, suggesting she misinterprets him and fails to recognize the complexities of conflict in the region. The piece highlights the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-arrested-majority-think-former-president-should-be-pardoned\/\" title=\"Majority favor pardoning ... Trump after his arrest.\">political polarization surrounding<\/a> the topic, with the author expressing skepticism about Ansari&#8217;s claims while asserting that Trump&#8217;s message was misunderstood.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_2)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>A Democratic congresswoman who has direct ties to Iran has launched one of the more unhinged attacks on President Donald Trump, twisting an honest-to-goodness warning into something far more nefarious.<\/p>\n<p>Ridiculous? Of course, it is.<\/p>\n<p>Surprising? Of course, it&rsquo;s not.<\/p>\n<p>Arizona Dem. Rep. Yassamin Ansari took to X to attack the president after a Monday  post from Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-trump-issues-ominous-warning-directly-tehran-immediately-evacuate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">appeared to suggest<\/a> something massive &mdash; and imminent &mdash; could be headed towards Tehran.<\/p>\n<p>This was Trump&rsquo;s Truth post:<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Donald J. Trump  06.16.25 06:30 PM EST <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AxYWh5J6Gb\">pic.twitter.com\/AxYWh5J6Gb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Commentary Donald J. Trump Posts From  (@TrumpDailyPosts) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TrumpDailyPosts\/status\/1934745519546355960?\">June 16, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-shoots-highly-fabricated-fake-news-report-actions-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Iran<\/a> should have signed the &lsquo;deal&rsquo; I told them to sign,&rdquo; Trump wrote. &ldquo;What a shame, and waste of human life. Simply stated, IRAN CAN NOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I said it over and over again!<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Everyone should immediately evacuate Tehran!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The post, as ominous as it was, seemed like a genuine warning to avoid as many casualties as possible. It was a gesture Trump didn&rsquo;t need to make, as Israel ramps up its offensive against Tehran.<\/p>\n<p>Leave it to a blue donkey to take that message and turn it into something it&rsquo;s not.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Both of my parents fled Iran so this is personal. Trump&rsquo;s words are callous and horrifying.<\/p>\n<p>Tehran is a massive city of nearly 10 million. Iranian people deserve freedom but Trump&rsquo;s threat of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chancellors-presidents-at-over-100-universities-condemn-hamas-terrorism\/\" title=\"100+ university Chancellors and Presidents denounce Hamas terrorism.\">murdering innocent civilians<\/a>, a mass casualty event, or another endless war is not the&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lQLBBYNaaR\">pic.twitter.com\/lQLBBYNaaR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Congresswoman Yassamin Ansari (@RepYassAnsari) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepYassAnsari\/status\/1934758946147094903?\">June 16, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Both of my parents fled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/shortest-term-ever-israel-decapitates-new-chief-iranian-armed-forces-right-takes-last-chief-also-killed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Iran<\/a> so this is personal,&rdquo; Ansari posted. &ldquo;Trump&rsquo;s words are callous and horrifying. Tehran is a massive city of nearly 10 million.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Iranian people deserve freedom but Trump&rsquo;s threat of murdering innocent civilians, a mass casualty event, or another endless war is not the answer.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Couple things, congresswoman.<\/p>\n<p>Fair is fair, and Ansari is right that &ldquo;another endless war is not the answer.&rdquo; One of Trump&rsquo;s most notable accomplishments from his first term was not getting America into any new wars.<\/p>\n<p>(You&rsquo;d think such a fact would matter to Ansari, but alas, that &ldquo;D&rdquo; next to her name seems to prevent critical thinking.)<\/p>\n<p>But getting one thing right doesn&rsquo;t make a point stand, and boy, does Ansari&rsquo;s point fail in just above every other fashion.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Trump&rsquo;s words are callous and horrifying,&rdquo; she claimed. Newsflash Yassamin, war and conflict is horrifying, and perhaps even more so in the Middle East and your parents&rsquo; home nation.<\/p>\n<p>And &ldquo;callous&rdquo;? Lamenting the loss of human life and calling it a &ldquo;shame&rdquo; is callous?<\/p>\n<p>To quote Inigo Montoya, &ldquo;You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Now, to address probably the most contemptible part of Ansari&rsquo;s post, her claiming that the president had threatened the &ldquo;murdering&rdquo; of &ldquo;innocent civilians&rdquo; or a &ldquo;mass casualty event.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>This is just demonstrably and irrefutably false.<\/p>\n<p>I know reading comprehension is difficult for the Democrats, but Trump pretty clearly issued <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-offer-iran-last-chance-proposal-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an honest warning<\/a> to those 10 million people in Tehran.<\/p>\n<p>There was no direct threat on life. Who knows what Trump was talking about, anyways? Was he issuing a general warning about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/major-development-iran-sends-desperate-plea-israel-us-israeli-warplanes-circle-tehran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Israel&rsquo;s effective attacks<\/a> on the theocratic nation? Was Trump really tipping his hand at some military operation?<\/p>\n<p>Who knows?<\/p>\n<p>What we do know is that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/marjorie-taylor-greene-comes-tucker-carlsons-defense-trump-lobs-harsh-insult\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump<\/a> wasn&rsquo;t threatening anyone in his post. It was a legitimate warning as tensions continue to rise in the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>That should be fairly obvious to anyone with more than two brain cells to rub together &mdash; which doesn&rsquo;t bode well for the Arizona congresswoman.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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This is both absurd and unsurprising. Arizona Representative Yassamin Ansari criticized the president on X after he posted what seemed to imply that something significant might be approaching Tehran. Trump&#8217;s post stated: &#8220;Iran should have signed the &#8216;deal&#8217; I told them to sign&#8230; IRAN CAN NOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON&#8230; Everyone should immediately evacuate Tehran!&#8221; While this message appeared to be a sincere warning aimed at preventing casualties, Ansari twisted it into an accusation of threatening innocent lives and promoting war. She expressed her personal connection, stating her parents fled Iran and condemned Trump&#8217;s words as callous and horrifying. However, it&#8217;s worth noting that one of Trump&#8217;s achievements was avoiding new wars during his first term-a fact that seems lost on Ansari due to her political bias. Ultimately, Trump&#8217;s statement was not a threat but rather a legitimate caution amid rising tensions in the Middle East-something that should be clear to anyone capable of critical thinking<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2448414,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Rep-v-Trump.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[6200,57326,3634],"class_list":["post-2448413","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-congresswoman","tag-iranian-descent","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Rep-v-Trump.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2448413","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2448413"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2448413\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2448417,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2448413\/revisions\/2448417"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2448414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2448413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2448413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2448413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}