Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) known as Vice President Harris “the Ayatollahs’ handpicked candidate’ in an interview on Sunday morning.
“From the very beginning, they’ve appeased and conciliated the ayatollahs,” Cotton mentioned of Harris and President Biden on CBS Information’ “Face the Nation” to the outlet’s Robert Costa. “Kamala Harris, for instance, opposed Donald Trump’s strike that killed Iran’s terrorist mastermind in 2020. Over the last four years, they’ve given away tens of billions of dollars in sanctions relief.”
“They’ve looked the other way as Iran violates sanctions,” Cotton continued. “They’ve continually put more pressure on Israel than they put on Iran’s terrorist proxy. That’s why Kamala Harris is the Ayatollah’s handpicked candidate, and why the ayatollahs are hacking into Donald Trump’s campaign and trying to kill him.”
Cotton’s feedback come amid rising tensions within the Center East between Israel and Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, which is backed by Iran. On Saturday, Hezbollah confirmed that its chief, Hassan Nasrallah, had been killed in a Friday strike by the Israelis.
The Supreme Chief of Iran, Sayyed Ali Khamenei, mentioned Saturday that Israel hadn’t accomplished “any significant harm to the strong structure of the Lebanese Hezbollah,” in a speech shared by the Lebanese state-run Nationwide Information Company.
Trump’s marketing campaign mentioned earlier this week that the previous president was briefed by intelligence officers about Iran’s alleged assassination threats in opposition to him.
“President Trump was briefed earlier today by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence [ODNI] regarding real and specific threats from Iran to assassinate him in an effort to destabilize and sow chaos in the United States,” Steven Cheung, a Trump marketing campaign spokesperson, mentioned in a press release.
The Hill has reached out to the Harris marketing campaign, the Vice President’s workplace and the White Home.
