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Republicans person taken purpose astatine President Biden in nan aftermath of Iran's unprecedented onslaught connected Israel, claiming nan president’s "don’t deterrence" has only emboldened Iran.
"So overmuch for President Biden telling bad guys ‘Don’t’ really being an effective deterrent. Every clip he says ’Don’t,' they do," Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., wrote successful a station connected X Saturday.
Graham’s comments aft Iran launched a barrage of complete 300 missiles and drones astatine Israel Saturday successful an evident consequence to Israel’s reported domiciled successful an airstrike that killed a elder Iranian charismatic successful nan country’s embassy successful nan Syrian superior of Damascus past week.
Israeli Defense forces and allied militaries had been preparing for nan anticipation of an Iranian retaliatory onslaught since nan attack, pinch Israel claiming that astir 99% of nan Iranian weapons fired astatine nan state had been intercepted by its blase defense systems and subject friends successful nan region.
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President Joe Biden speaks to nan National Action Network Convention remotely from nan South Court Auditorium of nan White House, Friday, April 12, 2024, successful Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Biden warned Friday that an onslaught by Iran on Israel was imaginable complete nan weekend, telling reporters his connection for nan Islamic Republic was "Don’t."
But Iran carried retired its brazen effort anyway, thing Republicans blamed connected nan president’s "weakness."
"Biden's attack pinch Iran and nan Middle East is backwards," Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C. wrote connected X. "Now arsenic we consequence entering WWIII, nan US must guidelines by Israel's committedness to democracy. The president must guidelines firm, and extremity coddling Iran immediately."
"Foreign argumentation isn’t complicated. When you awesome you mightiness propulsion support for an state for illustration Israel, you diminish deterrence. When you diminish deterrence, nan force feels emboldened to strike," Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, said connected X aft nan attack.
Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) listens to grounds during a House Select Committee connected Climate Crisis proceeding connected June 14, 2022, successful Washington, D.C. (Nathan Howard/Getty Images)
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Biden’s "Don’t" remark was slammed by erstwhile Secretary of State Mike Pompeo moreover earlier nan Iranian attack, pinch nan erstwhile Trump management charismatic arguing that Biden’s consequence was "really dangerous" during an quality connected Fox News.
"Well, he said, ‘Don’t’ aggregate times, and ‘Don’t’ isn’t a nationalist information policy," Pompeo said. "It’s not moreover a deterrent."
Mike Pompeo, erstwhile U.S. Secretary of State, speaks during nan Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) successful National Harbor, Maryland, connected Friday, March 3, 2023. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Responding to nan onslaught himself during a rally successful Pennsylvania connected Saturday, former President Donald Trump said that nan U.S. has shown "great weakness" nether Biden successful nan leadup to nan attempted onslaught connected Israel.
"I want to say, ‘God Bless nan group of Israel.’ They’re nether onslaught correct now, and it would not person happened if we were successful office," Trump said.
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Trump, who was good known during his clip successful agency for issuing stern warnings to American adversaries connected societal media, besides took to his ain societal platform, Truth Social, to repost a 2018 all-caps Tweet successful which nan then-president warned Iran of terrible consequences for threatening nan United States.
President Donald Trump arrives to speak astatine nan White House, Thursday, November 5, 2020, successful Washington, D.C. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
"To Iranian President Rouhani: NEVER, EVER THREATEN THE UNITED STATES AGAIN OR YOU WILL SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES THE LIKES OF WHICH FEW THROUGHOUT HISTORY HAVE EVER SUFFERED BEFORE. WE ARE NO LONGER A COUNTRY THAT WILL STAND FOR YOUR DEMENTED WORDS OF VIOLENCE & DEATH. BE CAUTIOUS!" Trump said astatine nan time.
For his part, Graham based on that specified a onslaught connected Israel would not person happened if Trump were still successful office.
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"This would not person happened connected President Trump’s watch, and I dream nan American group are intimately pursuing conscionable really vulnerable nan world has go successful nan past 3 years," Graham said connected X.
The White House did not instantly respond to a Fox News Digital petition for comment.
