GOP Senator’s 'Utterly Absurd' Trump War Logic Prompts Damning Comparison
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John Kennedy's hot take had critics bringing up a classic book.
Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) was accused Wednesday of deploying Orwellian logic while defending Donald Trump’s decision to attack Iran.
“Here’s why we went into Iran. We had no choice. The president didn’t start a war, he was trying to stop a war,” Kennedy told Larry Kudlow on Fox Business.
Watch the full interview on Fox Business.
Kennedy also repeated Trump’s unverified claim that Iran was rapidly building up its missile stockpile and posed a growing threat to America, and insisted Tehran was solely responsible for the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, the vital shipping lane through which about one-fifth of the world’s oil passes.
“Iran shut it, we didn’t! We’re not to blame,” he said.
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