{"id":2654243,"date":"2026-09-03T17:12:39","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T21:12:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/massie-blasts-vance-for-saying-iran-conflict-isnt-a-war\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T17:14:38","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T21:14:38","slug":"massie-blasts-vance-for-saying-iran-conflict-isnt-a-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/massie-blasts-vance-for-saying-iran-conflict-isnt-a-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Massie blasts Vance for saying Iran conflict isn&#8217;t a war"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fmassie-blasts-vance-for-saying-iran-conflict-isnt-a-war%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=2654243&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>Rep. Thomas massie (R-KY) criticized Vice President JD vance for downplaying the severity of the conflict with Iran, stating that calling it &#8220;not a war&#8221; is misleading and dismissive of the sacrifices made by military personnel. Vance, during a White House briefing, described recent U.S.-Iran tensions as a &#8220;flare-up&#8221; and expressed uncertainty about when hostilities might end.Massie, who has historically voted to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ndaa-text-neglects-ivf-expansion-housing-but-includes-china-restrictions\/\" title=\"NDAA text neglects IVF expansion, housing but includes China restrictions\">limit presidential military powers<\/a>, argued that such semantics undermine the reality of ongoing conflict and suggest a violation of the 1973 War Powers Act. He also highlighted the differences between himself and Trump, noting Trump\u2019s more aggressive rhetoric. Massie lost his primary bid after opposition from Trump for their disagreements. Additionally, the article mentions Vance\u2019s comments on U.S.-Iran tensions, including recent strikes and their impact on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-begs-oil-industry-to-lower-prices-as-energy-crisis-looms-report\/\" title=\"Biden Begs Oil Industry To Lower Prices As Energy Crisis Looms: ...ORT\">global energy markets<\/a>.  <\/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<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) had harsh words for Vice President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4712406\/vance-says-ted-cruz-likable-authentic-as-texas-senator-eyes-white-house-bid\/\">JD Vance<\/a>\u2018s assessment that the United States is not at <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4712353\/vance-would-not-call-iran-a-war\/\">war<\/a> with Iran.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The vice president fielded a number of questions about Iran during a Thursday press briefing at the White House. Though President Donald Trump\u2019s military campaign has extended beyond six months, Vance told reporters that he \u201cwouldn\u2019t call it war\u201d as \u201cright now, there is no active shooting.\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4712517\/vance-china-play-ball-iran-economy\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Vance says China \u2018willing to play ball\u2019 on strangling Iran\u2019s economy<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4712705\/thomas-massie-jd-vance-iran-conflict-not-a-war\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Massie blasts Vance for saying Iran conflict isn\u2019t a war: \u2018Insult to the men and women fighting\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4712727\/melania-trump-not-attending-midterm-convention\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Melania Trump has no plans to attend RNC\u2019s midterm convention<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Massie, who has consistently voted to curb the president\u2019s ability to engage in military action, told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> on Thursday that, unlike Vance, Trump \u201cisn\u2019t as careful with his rhetoric\u201d and routinely claims that \u201cwe\u2019re winning the war.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBut the vice president and other sophisticated advisers recognize that to acknowledge it\u2019s a war is to acknowledge they\u2019re in violation of the 1973 War Powers Act, which allows them only 90 days to engage before they must withdraw or get congressional approval,\u201d he continued, explaining the daylight between Vance and Trump.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think playing these semantics is an insult to the men and women fighting the war and to those who\u2019ve already sacrificed,\u201d Massie concluded. \u201cWhy not attempt to get the constitutionally and legally mandated congressional approval so they can call a war a war?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Massie lost his primary to a Trump-backed challenger after the president sought a retribution campaign for their disagreements.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4712406\/vance-says-ted-cruz-likable-authentic-as-texas-senator-eyes-white-house-bid\/\"><strong>VANCE SAYS TED CRUZ IS \u2018LIKABLE AND AUTHENTIC\u2019 AS TEXAS SENATOR EYES UP A WHITE HOUSE BID<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During Thursday\u2019s briefing, Vance referred to the recent exchange of strikes between the U.S. and Iran in the Strait of Hormuz, followed by a significant American wave later in the week on Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps targets inside Iran, as a \u201cflare-up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBut when you ask, \u2018When will this end?\u2019 you\u2019re asking me a question like, \u2018When will the Iranians stop shooting at ships?&#8217;\u201d he added. \u201cI think the reality is I don\u2019t know the answer to that question. You would have to ask the Iranians, \u2018When will the Iranians shooting at ships stop having an effect on world energy markets?&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Massie slams Vance over Iran war comments<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2645,"featured_media":2654244,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/AP26140158618960.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[3823,4850,5894,15469,50434],"class_list":["post-2654243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-iran","tag-massie","tag-politics","tag-vance","tag-war-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/AP26140158618960.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2654243","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\/2645"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2654243"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2654243\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2654247,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2654243\/revisions\/2654247"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2654244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2654243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2654243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2654243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}