The America Rising PAC is putting heat on eight official and likely Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate who are dragging their feet on voicing their positions on the Iran nuclear deal.
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He noted that, “I bring to my analysis the full weight of my responsibilities as a member of Congress, and my perspective as an American Jew who is both a Democrat and a strong supporter of Israel“.
Nadler’s announcement comes at the end of a week that’s seen the deal pick up a steady stream of Democratic support in the House and Senate despite furious opposition from the Israeli government and Republicans who say it makes too many concessions to Iran and could actually enable that country to become a nuclear-armed state.
Nadler says in a statement on Friday that the agreement “gives us the best chance of stopping Iran from developing a nuclear weapon”.
And Nadler has already said that he sees his vote as a choice between the lesser of two evils. In the Senate, only two Democrats – Schumer and Robert Menendez of New Jersey – have announced opposition to the deal while 26 have announced their support.
Republicans believe that if a measure opposing the agreement with Iran passes the House and Senate, even if then vetoed, it would undercut both the agreement and the political victory for Obama, who views the deal curbing Iran’s nuclear capabilities as a significant part of his presidential legacy.
“What I do know is that no member of Congress should take this decision lightly”, he wrote this month in an op-ed for the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
“All of the options available to the United States – including the military option – will remain available through the life of the deal and beyond”, Obama said.
In a letter to Congress on August 19, Obama told the Republican-dominated Congress that the military option against Iran will remain on the table for several years.
Obama was emphatic about how far he’d go to keep Iran from a nuclear weapon.
Sadie Weiner, press secretary for the DSCC, wrote on Twitter Monday, “You guys, Senate candidates everywhere have nefarious plan to “dodge” answer on Iran – they’re going to … read the deal (GASP)”. The President dedicated paragraphs to avowing the financial and strategic muscle his administration has put behind Israel’s defense.
The President directed it at Rep. Jerrold Nadler of New York in an open letter with Wednesday’s date.
Yet despite tremendous pressure in the aftermath of 9/11 to go along with the Iraq war effort, Nadler voted against “the Bush administration’s crusade against Saddam Hussein”, he wrote in his op-ed.
The accord, vehemently opposed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has sharply divided the US Jewish community.
He has visited Capitol Hill to hold a speech against the deal – seen by many as an affront to President Obama.
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– How will Washington deal with Iran’s possible increased support of terror organizations, when dropping the sanctions boosts its economy?
