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2020-02-19 Home Front: Politix
Sen. Murphy: I Secretly Met With Zarif in His Hotel Suite Because its Dangerous Not to Meet With Adversaries
[PRINTFRIENDLY] Sen. Chris Murphy (D., Conn)
...Junior senator for life from Connecticutt, foreign policy mastermind, a fast friend and a sympathetic ear to mullahs, ayatollahs, and similar riff-raff. The boilerplate on his website sez he has has dedicated his career to public service as an advocate for Connecticut families. Senator Murphy has been a strong voice in the Senate fighting for job creation, affordable health care, education, sensible gun laws, and a forward-looking foreign policy...
(D-Conn.) admitted Tuesday morning that he and several other Democrats did indeed hold a secret meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif during the Munich Security Conference last week, arguing that it would be dangerous NOT to meet clandestinely with Iranian officials.

The Federalist’s Mollie Hemingway broke the story about the Dems’ rogue meeting with foreign adversaries in an exclusive on Monday.

When asked to respond to the report during a press conference in Ethiopia on Tuesday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo expressed hope that the Democrats were supporting “America’s foreign policy and not their own.”

“I have seen that piece about some senators meeting with Foreign Minister Zarif,” Pompeo began.

This guy is designated by the United States of America. He’s the foreign minister for a country that shot down a commercial airliner and has yet to turn over the black boxes. This is the foreign minister of a country that killed an American on December 27. And it’s the foreign minister of a country who is the largest world sponsor of terror and the world’s largest sponsor of anti-Semitism… If they met, I don’t know what they said. I hope they were reinforcing America’s foreign policy and not their own.

Murphy defended the meeting in a post at Medium.com and on Twitter: “I met w the Iranian Foriegn(sic) Minister in Munich,” Murphy wrote on Twitter. “It’s dangerous not to talk to adversaries, esp amidst a cycle of escalation.”
Charger posted the Federalist’s piece on the subject, commenting, “Sounds like an attempt at collaboration with Iran while failing to go through channels. Well, he's a member of the Inner Party, so whatever.”

Posted by Fred 2020-02-19 00:00|| || Front Page|| [10 views ]  Top

#1 FARA violation.

Indict this bastard.
Posted by Lex 2020-02-19 00:24||   2020-02-19 00:24|| Front Page Top

#2 Qassim Suleimani is no longer meeting with anyone.
Posted by Besoeker 2020-02-19 01:53||   2020-02-19 01:53|| Front Page Top

#3 Much work internally is going to be needed.
Posted by Fat Bob Javish1936 2020-02-19 05:14||   2020-02-19 05:14|| Front Page Top

#4 its disgraceful that Connecticut has elected this despicable jerk

but there we are
Posted by lord garth 2020-02-19 05:33||   2020-02-19 05:33|| Front Page Top

#5 Adversary? Trump is your adversary, Zarif is your ally.

Does Zero's precedent of droning US citizens hold for Congress slugs?
Posted by AlanC 2020-02-19 07:57||   2020-02-19 07:57|| Front Page Top

#6 Anything like Teddy Kennedy asking the Russians for help with the 1984 election? Just asking for a friend.
Posted by Procopius2k 2020-02-19 08:40||   2020-02-19 08:40|| Front Page Top

#7 I've heard better bullshit from my kids.
Posted by swksvolFF 2020-02-19 12:01||   2020-02-19 12:01|| Front Page Top

#8 Pelosi took a little trip to meet with Assad in Syria. No prosecution for her. Must be Murphy's Law.
Posted by Alaska Paul 2020-02-19 12:58||   2020-02-19 12:58|| Front Page Top

#9  I hope they were reinforcing America’s foreign policy and not their own.

Pompeo has such a wry sense of humor. But I think they were reinforcing their pocketbooks.
Posted by Matt 2020-02-19 13:41||   2020-02-19 13:41|| Front Page Top

#10 #8 - I see what you did there
Posted by Frank G 2020-02-19 14:06||   2020-02-19 14:06|| Front Page Top

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