Intel: 2020 Democrats react to Soleimani’s assassination

Democrats hoping to oust President Donald Trump from the White House this year wasted no time in condemning the strike that killed Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the leader of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' Quds Force.

The Democratic frontrunner, Vice President Joe Biden, accused Trump of tossing “a stick of dynamite into a tinderbox” and called on the president to explain “the strategy and plan to keep safe our troops and embassy personnel.”

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., cited the destabilization that resulted from the Iraq war and argued, “Trump’s dangerous escalation brings us closer to another disastrous war in the Middle East that could cost countless lives and trillions more dollars.” Similarly, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., said, “This reckless move escalates the situation with Iran and increases the likelihood of more deaths and new Middle East conflict.”

Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, businessman Andrew Yang and Pete Buttigieg, the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, also accused Trump of escalating regional tensions.