WISCONSIN — Shortly after President Donald Trump’s announcement that the U.S. conducted strikes on three nuclear sites in Iran, Wisconsin lawmakers shared reactions.

Democrats seemed to berate the action while Republicans in the Badger State largely backed Trump.

“He did his job, protecting our allies and American citizens,” said Rep. Van Orden, R-Prairie du Chien.

“I think he's handled it well,” said Rep. Tom Tiffany, R-Minocqua. 

“I think [it] makes the entire globe safer as a result of that,” said Rep. Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau.  

Wisconsin Republicans in Congress are supportive of President Donald Trump’s decision to attack Iranian nuclear sites. And they defended his decision not to seek approval from Congress first. 

“The requirement is 48 hours: You notify Congress that you've done a strike,” Tiffany said. “And so that's what the President did, and he fulfilled his requirement.” 

“I think what President Trump did was not only allowed, but certainly, I think was done very well,” Fitzgerald said. 

Fitzgerald said having a classified meeting with Congress before the strikes wouldn’t have worked. 

“I’ve watched this place just leak everything,” he said. “And then the second piece would be, there are specific things that are allowed to the president in Article Two [of the United States Constitution]. And I think certainly this entire operation fell into that category.”

Democrats like Congresswoman Gwen Moore, D-Milwaukee, are not so enthusiastic. She said the attack was unprovoked, and that no one is sleeping more soundly because of it.

On Monday, the President announced a ceasefire between Israel and Iran. And on Tuesday, he criticized both countries for violating the agreement. 

“I think it's a strange way to prosecute peace and bomb people and say, ‘I've done it for peaceful purposes,’” she said. “So I hope that there's peace. I'm just puzzled as to how and bewildered as to the strategy.” 

When asked if they would support further U.S. involvement in the Israel-Iran war, Tiffany and Fitzgerald say they’d like Congressional approval. 

“If we're going to send troops to the Middle East once again, he's got to come to Congress,” Tiffany said of President Trump. “And I know the President is not considering that, but that would be the bright line for me.”

“If they want to come back and they would need additional funding, there would have to be justifications made for something like that,” Fitzgerald said. 

In a telephone town hall Monday, Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., said he hopes this results in a regime change in Iran. 

“I think everybody would love to see that, and the world would be far more peaceful than it is,” he said. 

But the President doesn’t think so.

“Regime change takes chaos, and ideally we don't want to see so much chaos,” he said Tuesday. 

Lawmakers were supposed to receive a briefing on Iran Tuesday, but that was canceled. House Speaker Mike Johnson posted that the “classified bipartisan briefing for all House Members will now be held on Friday.” 

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