Ron DeSantis Jabs Alan Grayson, Patrick Murphy on Iran Deal

On Tuesday, U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., jabbed the two leading Democratic candidates running to replace U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., over President Barack Obama’s deal with Iran on its nuclear program. 

DeSantis, who is running for the Republican nomination, said Florida Democratic U.S. Reps. Alan Grayson and Patrick Murphy were silent on the issue. 

"Opposition to the pending Iran deal is a no brainer,” DeSantis said. "The deal gives $150 billion to the world's leading state-sponsor of terrorism, confers international legitimacy to Iran's nuclear program, and contains an inadequate inspections regime. Furthermore, the deal gratuitously lifts sanctions against Qasem Soleimani and the Quds Force, who were responsible for killing hundreds of Americans in Iraq. There is even a secret deal between Iran and the IAEA that relies on Iran inspecting its own military sites!

"The silence from Murphy and Grayson is deafening," DeSantis added. "They should show some leadership by publicly opposing this deal and working in a bipartisan way to accumulate enough votes to override a presidential veto. Sitting on the sidelines won't cut it when America's national security is at stake."