ON BOARD.

ONE OF ONLY THREE

REPUBLICANS TO VOTE FOR IT

REMARKABLY WAS MATT GAETZ OF

FLORIDA WHO IS ONE OF THE

PRESIDENT'S CLOSEST ALLIES.

MAYBE THE SINGLE CLOSEST

ALLIES IN THE HOUSE OF

REPRESENTATIVES.

HE JOINS US NOW.

CONGRESSMAN, THANKS FOR

COMING ON.

I THINK IT'S FAIR TO SAY YOU

ARE CERTAINLY ONE OF THE

PEOPLE IN THE HOUSE CLOSEST

TO THE PRESIDENT.

HE IS COMPLETELY OPPOSED TO

THIS.

YOU, AS HIS CLOSE ALLY,

VOTED FOR IT.

TELL US WHY YOU DID THAT.

>> I SPOKE TO THE PRESIDENT

TODAY AFTER ONE OF AMERICA'S

BRAVE PATRIOTS WAS LAID DOWN

AT ARLINGTON.

ONE OF MY CONSTITUENTS WHO

PASSED AWAY JUST DAYS BEFORE

CHRISTMAS IN AFGHANISTAN.

THE PRESIDENT TOLD ME IS

MORE ANTIWAR THAN I AM.

AND I LOVE THE PRESIDENT FOR

THAT, TUCKER.

THE THING IS, YEAH, I THINK

HE GOT A FEW OF THE ADVISORS

OF THE PRESIDENT WHO ARE

TRYING TO SLOW-WALK THE

ADMINISTRATION INTO WAR.

WHEN THE PRESIDENT RELIES ON

HIS INSTINCTS AND WE HAVE

THE TRUMP DOCTRINE, WE KILL

THE TERRORIST AND WE COME

HOME.

AND I THINK THIS WAR POWERS

RESOLUTION WAS WORTHY OF

SUPPORT BECAUSE IT DID NOT

CRITICIZE THE PRESIDENT.

IT DID NOT SAY HE WAS WRONG

IN KILLING SOLEIMANI.

BUT HE DID -- IT DID SAY

THAT IF ANY PRESIDENT WANTS

TO DRAG OUR NATION INTO

ANOTHER FOREVER MIDDLE EAST

WAR THAT THEY REQUIRE THE

APPROVAL OF THE UNITED

STATES CONGRESS.

THAT'S SOMETHING I DEEPLY

BELIEVE.

AND I THINK IT'S SOMETHING

THE PRESIDENT DEEPLY

BELIEVES.

>> Tucker: SO WHY

WOULDN'T -- I MEAN, FIRST OF

ALL, I THINK THE

CONSTITUTION REQUIRES THAT.

I THINK IT'S PRETTY OBVIOUS

THAT IT DOES.

BUT WHY WOULDN'T CONGRESS,

IF THEY ARE SO IN FAVOR OF A

MILITARY ACTION PUT

THEMSELVES ON THE RECORD

ENDORSING IT.

IT SEEMS LIKE ONE OF THE

REASONS PEOPLE OPPOSE THIS

IS BECAUSE THEY ARE AFRAID.

THEY ARE COWARDS IN THE

CONGRESS.

>> IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT I

THINK WE HAVE MEMBERS OF

CONGRESS THAT DEPART FROM

WHAT THE FRAMERS AND

FOUNDERS BELIEVED WOULD

HAPPEN.

THEY BELIEVE THAT WE WOULD

CLOSELY GUARD OUR ARTICLE 1

POWERS AND THAT WE WOULD

ENSURE THAT NO PRESIDENT

WOULD BE ABLE TO TAKE THOSE

AWAY IN ANY SORT OF AFFRONT

TO WHAT WAS INTENDED FOR US

TO BE OUR RESPONSIBILITY.

IT'S MY BELIEF DECLARING WAR

IS NON-DELIBLE DUTY FOR THE

UNITED STATES CONGRESS.

SUGGEST WE HAVE TO NOT DO

OUR JOB SO THAT PEOPLE IN

UNIFORM CAN DO THEIRS.

WE CAN ACTUALLY DO BOTH,

TUCKER.

>> Tucker: JUST TO BE

TOTALLY CLEAR, YOU ARE ONE

OF THREE REPUBLICANS WHO

VOTED IN EFFECT, AGAINST THE

PRESIDENT'S STATED POSITION

BUT YOU JUST TALKED TO THE

PRESIDENT AND HE SAID THAT

HE IS ON YOUR SIDE?

>> WELL, THE PRESIDENT

PROBABLY WOULD HAVE

PREFERRED THAT I VOTE ABOUT WITH

THE OTHER REPUBLICANS.

HE CERTAINLY SAID THAT I

THINK ON THESE BROADER

QUESTIONS OF WAR AND PEACE,

DONALD TRUMP UNDERSTANDS

THAT THE PRO-WAR CANDIDATE

LOSES PRESIDENTIAL

ELECTIONS.

HILLARY CLINTON WAS MORE

PRO-WAR AND LOST.

AND IF YOU LOOK PREVIOUSLY,

IT'S TYPICALLY THE ANTI-WAR

CANDIDATES THAT WIN.

I THINK SINCE 9/11 JOHN

KERRY WAS THE ONLY ANTI-WAR

CANDIDATE THAT LOST AN

ELECTION.

AND SO I THINK THAT THE

PRESIDENT UNDERSTANDS THAT

AND HE IS TOO SMART TO LET

NANCY PELOSI TRY TO CAST HIM

AS THE PRO-WAR CANDIDATE AND

THAT'S WHY I DON'T THINK WE

ARE GOING TO WAR WITH IRAN.

>> Tucker: I THINK THAT'S A