Press Secretary Josh Earnest was asked about the Senate
Republican letter to Iran where they promised to undermine any agreement
that President Obama makes on their nuclear program.
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Press Secretary Josh Earnest was asked about the
Senate Republican letter to Iran where they promised to undermine any
agreement that President Obama makes on their nuclear program.
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Earnest said:
I would describe this letter as a continuation of a partisan strategy to undermine the president’s ability to conduct foreign policy and advance our national security interests around the globe.….The fact is that we have heard Republicans for quite some time, including the principal author of this letter, make clear that their goal is to undermine these negotiations. Again, that is not a position that I am ascribing to Sen. Cotton, that is a position that he has strongly advocated. He described it as a feature of his strategy, not a bug.….I think the other thing that is notable here is that when you have a letter that is signed by forty-seven senators of the same party being sent to a leader of a foreign country, it raises some legitimate questions about the intent of the letter…It’s surprising to me there are some Republican senators who are seeking to establish a backchannel with hardliners in Iran to undermine an agreement with Iran and the international community.
The letter that the Republicans
sent suggested that any agreement made with President Obama would be
meaningless, “The next president could revoke such an executive
agreement with the stroke of a pen and future Congresses could modify
the terms of the agreement at any time.” Earnest accused the Republicans
of being on a march towards the military option in dealing with Iran.
It is clear that the letter from the Republican senators was an attempt
to destroy the diplomatic process.
The Press Secretary stopped short of calling out the
Senate Republicans for treasonous behavior, but his description of the
Republican behavior of trying to undermine the goals and national
security of the United States left little doubt about how the White
House feels about this issue.
Senate Republicans are attempting to undermine the
United States government by establishing communications with hardliners
in Iran who promote and fund terrorism. Republicans have taken their
campaign to undermine and delegitimize the President Of The United
States global.
The White House is ripping the Republicans in the bluntest way possible.
Senate Republicans have shown their true colors, and those colors are not red, white and blue.
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