Subject: The List of Reckless Republicans Gets Longer
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To: DNC Press <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2015 22:38:27 +0000

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Jeb Bush, Rick Perry, and Bobby Jindal have sided with 47 Republican senators, including Ted Cruz, Rand Paul and Marco Rubio, who decided to put politics over protecting our national interests abroad and have shown that they are willing to overstep the President on foreign policy. And we're still waiting to hear from the rest of the 2016 Republican presidential field. There is simply no excuse for their dangerous interference with diplomatic negotiations. Here are a few responses from Democrats on the letter to Iran:
"In thirty-six years in the United States Senate, I cannot recall another instance in which Senators wrote directly to advise another country-much less a longtime foreign adversary- that the President does not have the constitutional authority to reach a meaningful understanding with them. This letter sends a highly misleading signal to friend and foe alike that our Commander-in-Chief cannot deliver on America's commitments-a message that is as false as it is dangerous." - Vice President Joe Biden, 03/09/15<http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2015/03/09/statement-vice-president-march-9-letter-republican-senators-islamic-repu>
"...one has to ask: what was the purpose of this letter? There appear to be two logical answers -- either these senators were trying to be helpful to the Iranians, or harmful to the commander-in-chief in the midst of high-stakes international diplomacy. Either answer does discredit to the letter's signatories." - Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, 03/10/15<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrNqAOJntBk&feature=youtu.be>
"Obviously Republicans don't know how to do anything other than attempt these seemingly juvenile political attacks against the President.  Congressional Republicans don't know how to get things done. They don't know how to govern. If you don't believe me, just read a newspaper. Look at the news. The pundits all agree that the Republicans are in a state of disarray here in the Congress of the United States. They don't know what to do or how to do it." - Senator Harry Reid, 03/09/15<http://www.reid.senate.gov/press_releases/2015-09-03-reid-remarks-on-senate-republicans-letter-undermining-president-obamas-efforts-to-prevent-iran-from-obtaining-a-nuclear-weapon>
"It's highly disrespectful... how do we keep our eye on policy rather than all the politics? And I think the way we do that is let the President and the negotiating team finish the negotiation. Let them do their best job. To weigh in and say it's a bad deal before there's a deal, to try to write a letter to the Iranian leaders and undercut the President and the P5+1 negotiating ability is foolish." - Senator Tim Kaine on CNN's The Situation Room, 03/09/15<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwgGZsGJwu0&feature=youtu.be>
"This letter represented an unprecedented and dangerous attempt to undermine sensitive negotiations that are designed to keep our country safe. I sincerely hope that this effort does not destroy attempts to reach a diplomatic agreement on Iran's nuclear program as negotiations enter a critical period." - Senator Jeanne Shaheen, 03/10/15<http://www.shaheen.senate.gov/news/press/release/?id=d3e7a3b1-f0b0-4911-b7b3-b121b77072bf>
Senator Tim Kaine and Senator Jeanne Shaheen are members of the Senate Armed Services Committee and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
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