The Only Lawmaker to Vote Against the War in Afghanistan

Los Angeles Times: “Lee didn’t know in September 2001 that she would be the only no vote on the Authorization for the Use of Military Force that the House approved, 420 to 1, after the attacks that felled the twin towers of the World Trade Center, left the Pentagon billowing in smoke and downed a passenger airplane in Pennsylvania.”

“She didn’t expect that vote to be a career-defining moment, widely praised as an act of political courage.”

“Nor did she anticipate the death threats and vilification that followed for several years.”