The Hill – Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin on Saturday urged Congress to stop President Obama’s nuclear arms negotiations with Iran at any cost.
“The only thing standing between a president who’d jeopardize our country by ignoring our Constitution, and foes capitalizing on lopsided international treaties that weaken our allies, is Congress,” she said.
“Congress must not sit back and watch our own president flirting with the devil,” Palin, a GOP vice presidential candidate in 2008, added.
Obama announced a tentative framework pact with Iran on April 2. He hailed it as a “historic” moment in diplomacy between the two nations during Rose Garden remarks that day.
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) drew White House ire last month for his open letter to Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, vowing Congress would void any final deal it found unsatisfactory.
Cotton’s message was signed by 46 other GOP senators. Obama has since said he would consider legislation allowing Congress to review any definitive version of the agreement.
Secretary of State John Kerry has spearheaded U.S. talks with Iran. Both sides are racing to meet a June 30 deadline for a final accord.