Omar: An administration 'that lies about weather maps' can't be trusted on Iran

Washington (CNN) Rep. Ilhan Omar on Monday dismissed President Donald Trump's ability to navigate escalating tensions with Iran, pointing to the controversy over Hurricane Dorian's path and whether it would hit Alabama.

"Congress has the constitutional right to declare war. The President doesn't have it. The secretary of state doesn't it have and Saudi Arabia certainly doesn't have it," Omar, a Minnesota Democrat, told CNN's Erin Burnett on "OutFront." "I think we need to make sure that the American people understand that this administration -- that lies about weather maps or crowd sizes -- cannot be trusted to give us the full information we need to be able to make a decision whether we should be going to war or not with Iran."

"We are not in a position to think about another endless war and I really hope that my colleagues in Congress are going to pressure this administration to take a step back and figure out how we use diplomacy in the de-escalating the situation," she added.

Trump said Monday he was "not looking to get into new conflict, but sometimes you have to."