Barr a chicken hawk

Andy Barr’s TV ad condemning Nancy Jo Kemper on the Iran nuclear deal is shockingly delusional.

Before the deal, Iran was one month from having enough uranium to produce a nuke. After the deal, Iran is 10 years from producing a nuke once it restarts its program, which it shows no signs of doing. And we will know if they do.

The main architect of the deal was Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz, former chairman of the Department of Physics at MIT. And let’s remember that joining the deal were the UK, France, China, Russia and Germany.

The Iran nuclear deal was a victory for diplomacy and peace over belligerence and war. Barr represents the worst of chicken-hawk GOP tradition, always pushing for another war, then repeatedly voting to deny our veterans the benefits and help they deserve and desperately need. I’m sorry, but I’m disgusted.

This story was originally published November 3, 2016 at 5:20 PM with the headline "Barr a chicken hawk."