President Obama compared congressional Republicans who reject his nuclear deal to Iranian hardliners who chant “death to America” during a speech selling the agreement with Tehran at American University Wednesday.
POTUS:”It’s those hardliners chanting Death to America who have been most opposed to the deal…making common cause w/the Republican Caucus”
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) August 5, 2015
The connection quickly drew backlash on Twitter from those skeptical of the president’s accord.
I beg of you, please tell me that’s a typo He did not just say that Republicans agree with “Death to America” https://t.co/FoMvo63K4r — Cameron Gray (@Cameron_Gray) August 5, 2015
Hey Jake, someone should let POTUS know that the deal he made is with the hardliners chanting “Death to America.” https://t.co/JG799ZWHkP
— RB (@RBPundit) August 5, 2015
Knew how to negotiate with people chanting “Death to America” pic.twitter.com/3OuDJwYj3s — David Burge (@iowahawkblog) August 5, 2015
Remember when Obama said he’d work with Republicans? Well he just compared them to terrorists shouting “death to America” so that worked out
— chelsea (@chelsea_elisa) August 5, 2015
Exactly who are these hallucinatory Iranian “hardliners” reportedly fighting tooth-and-nail against this deal? Name names. — David Burge (@iowahawkblog) August 5, 2015
.@POTUS went “way over the line of civil discourse” in comparing Congress to Iranians chanting “Death to America” http://t.co/m3hIVNu8GO
— Leader McConnell (@SenateMajLdr) August 5, 2015
Really @POTUS? RT @NRO Is this seriously a line from a speech by the President of the United States? Unbelievable. http://t.co/HtNteNdrc9 — Bill Shuster (@RepBillShuster) August 5, 2015
Is it possible to sue a sitting POTUS for slander? https://t.co/re6xo80agy
— Stephen Green (@VodkaPundit) August 5, 2015
There are no red states and blue states. There are blue states and people who make common cause with Iran’s fanatics https://t.co/OYcN4ga9y3 — Allahpundit (@allahpundit) August 5, 2015
Watch the whole thing. POTUS has lost touch with basic reality comparing GOP to Iranian thugs: http://t.co/qq6QCBZvzZ
— Hugh Hewitt (@hughhewitt) August 5, 2015
To sum up: It’s a perfect deal, no criticism has any merit, opponents are Jews and warmongers. — Michael Goldfarb (@thegoldfarb) August 5, 2015
And again: Hard to imagine your reaction if Bush had said Obama was finding common cause with terrorists. https://t.co/Z7gGeFIyPi
— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahNRO) August 5, 2015
I ask you today to resist the temptation of partisanship. This is a good deal. If you don’t like it, you love war and murder. — Eli Lake (@EliLake) August 5, 2015
Comparing GOP and Democratic critics of the Iran deal with regime “hardliners”: Yep, because Steve Israel loves to stone women and hang gays
— Sohrab Ahmari (@SohrabAhmari) August 5, 2015
Is this the worst speech of the Obama presidency? Hyperbolic, mendacious, illogical, small-minded, highly demagogic, Unpresidential. — Stephen Hayes (@stephenfhayes) August 5, 2015
If a GOP president gave a speech like the one POTUS gave today, we’d be having a Much Needed Conversation™ about patriotism and dissent.
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) August 5, 2015
Not sure how these inflammatory Obama remarks win over those w/ significant, valid concerns about #Irandeal. http://t.co/dTeCpO5crp — Karl Rove (@KarlRove) August 5, 2015
The mark of a great argument is mischaracterizing your opponents objections and emotionally manipulating your allies.
— Noah Rothman (@NoahCRothman) August 5, 2015
Obama made a shitty deal with Iranian hardliners, then accuses opponents of the deal of siding with hardliners. Unbelievable chutzpah. — AG (@AG_Conservative) August 5, 2015
This may well be Obama’s lowest moment as president
— Allahpundit (@allahpundit) August 5, 2015
Even after 5 day flaying of Huckabee, media will let Obama get away with his, cuz… Democrats sure got it good. https://t.co/4x1PirV5LP
— John Nolte (@NolteNC) August 5, 2015
This is the man who got elected promising a post-partisan America. https://t.co/cpUcmA8Ifm — Dan McLaughlin (@baseballcrank) August 5, 2015
