‘Take Out The Trash’: GOP Senator Urges U.S. Support For Overthrowing Iran’s Terror Regime

Hard-line conservative Sen. Tim Sheehy (R-MT) on Thursday bluntly called for the United States support regime change in Iran, saying America should help the Iranian people “take out the trash.”

Sheehy, a former Navy SEAL who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, posted a photo of himself earlier this week smoking a cigarette that appeared to have been lit by a burning photo of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khameini. He appeared with Fox News host Dana Perino.

Smoke ’em if you got ’em. #Iran https://t.co/vvBjCKDCcs pic.twitter.com/x3DfiMonqw

— Tim Sheehy (@TimSheehyMT) January 11, 2026

“Whether we like it or not Iran has been at war with us for 47 years.” Sheehy pointed out. “They’ve been hunting down, murdering, torturing, and slaughtering Americans all over the world, from the 1983 Beirut barracks bombing through our wars in Iraq, in Afghanistan, to of course, how this regime started.”

He then recalled the Iranian revolution in 1979 when the Iranian government held more than 50 American hostages at the U.S. Embassy during the failed presidency of Jimmy Carter, only releasing them the day President Ronald Reagan, who had threatened the Iranians, took office.

“Let’s not forget how the Ayatollah’s regime started: by taking our embassy hostage and holding hundreds of Americans hostage for a year and a half,” he noted. “So this regime’s literal foreign policy is ‘Death to America.’ They chant it every day and they back up those chants with actions by actually killing Americans and fueling global terror networks. They are the largest state sponsor of terror in the world.”

“What did you think about the threat towards President Trump?” Perino asked.

“That’s nothing new; they’ve been threatening to kill our leaders for years,’ Sheehy replied. “So the fact that the people of Iran are now taking to the streets, an overwhelming display that they are ready for this regime to go away, it’s not our job to go and conduct regime change, but we should help these people take out the trash.”

“I fully support the president’s action if he decides to get involved and help tip the scales here,” he continued. “It’s high time we finally get rid of this murderous regime; we’ve been placating them for far too long. They’re like a hobo on LSD with a knife in the street and everyone stands back, not wanting to touch them. The reality is they are trying to kill us every day; it’s about time we knock this guy out, and I hope the people of Iran get the full support they need.”

The Iranian regime are a bunch of murderous bastards who chant “death to America” and have been killing Americans for 46 years. It’s time to take out the trash.

To the brave Iranian people – we applaud your courage. Keep fighting. pic.twitter.com/uX6mw4Emli

— Tim Sheehy (@TimSheehyMT) January 15, 2026