Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) called Vice President Harris “the Ayatollah's hand-picked candidate” in an interview Sunday morning.
“From the beginning, they've been placating and placating the Ayatollahs,” Cotton told Robert Costa about Harris and President Biden on CBS News' “Face the Nation.” “For example, Kamala Harris opposed Donald Trump's attack that killed the Iranian terror mastermind in 2020. Over the past four years, they have donated tens of billions of dollars to sanctions relief. .”
“They have turned a blind eye to Iran violating sanctions,” Cotton continued. “They have continued to put more pressure on Israel than they put on Iran's terrorist proxies. That's why Kamala Harris is the Ayatollahs' hand-picked candidate and the Ayatollahs This is why they are trying to hack the Trump campaign and kill him.
Cotton's comments come amid heightened tensions in the Middle East between Israel and the Iranian-backed Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. Hezbollah confirmed Saturday that its leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed in Friday's attack by Israeli forces.
Iran's Supreme Leader Sayyed Ali Khamenei said in a speech on Saturday that Israel had not caused “serious harm to Hezbollah's strong organization in Lebanon.” shared by Lebanon's state-run news agency.
Trump's campaign announced earlier this week that the former president had been briefed by intelligence officials about Iran's alleged assassination threat against him.
Trump campaign spokesman Stephen Chan said, “President Trump today received confirmation from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence that Iran has made a real and specific threat to assassinate President Trump for the purpose of destabilizing and sowing chaos in the United States.'' I received an explanation.” statement.
Hill has reached out to the Harris campaign, the vice president's office and the White House for comment.
