Republicans would pull out every stop to block a Harris administration from negotiating another Iran deal, according to Rep. Elise Stefanik, R–N.Y. (Reuters/Mike Segar)
Middle East watchers have predicted that Vice President Kamala Harris would be much more likely to take to the negotiating table to try to prevent Iran from creating a nuclear weapon than using military deterrence and financial sanctions.
In 2019, Harris said she favored rejoining the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) aimed at limiting Iran's nuclear programs.
"President Trump's unilateral withdrawal from an agreement that was verifiably preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon — against the warnings of our closest allies and without any plan for what comes next — was beyond reckless," she said.
She said she would seek to rejoin the deal "so long as Iran also returned to verifiable compliance."
Iran has a growing stockpile of uranium enriched to just below weapons-grade, and some fear it could create a nuclear weapon before the end of the year.
Trump recently warned that sanctions should be used "as little as possible" to "continue to have [the U.S. dollar] be the world currency."
A firefighter walks through the rubble of the twin towers of the World Trade Center as a U.S. flag hangs from a traffic light post Sept. 11, 2001. Stefanik said she is "not confident" the U.S. is secure from another 9/11-style attack. (Doug Kanter/AFP)
"I have major concerns about the lack of accountability for the billions of dollars that have gone to Ukraine," she said. "We are continuing to get more reports from the Pentagon that they can't account for — to the tune of billions of dollars.
"The only person who can solve that conflict is Trump," Stefanik added. "If you look at modern-day presidents, [Russian President Vladimir] Putin invaded other countries during every modern president except for President Trump."
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And on the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, Stefanik revealed she is not confident the U.S. is equipped to prevent another similar tragedy.
"If you look at the attack against Israel, the Iranians [are] on the march. The same terrorists that are chanting ‘Death to Israel’ are also chanting ‘Death to America,’" she said. "We have individuals on the terrorist watch list who have crossed our open borders. … That is a national security threat."
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