Obama Defends Likening Republicans To Iranian Hardliners On Nuclear Deal
By Christi Parsons, Aug 09, 2015 LA Times
“Inside of Iran, the people most opposed to the deal are the Revolutionary Guard, the Quds Force, hardliners who are implacably opposed to any cooperation with the international community,” Obama said in an interview with CNN’s Fareed Zakaria broadcast Sunday. He had made the accusation earlier in the week, charging Republicans with opposing the deal for political reasons.
“The reason that Mitch McConnell and the rest of the folks in his caucus who oppose this jumped out and opposed it before they even read it, before it was even posted, is reflective of a ideological commitment not to get a deal done,” Obama said, naming the Senate Republican leader from Kentucky.
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