To: Sen. Robert Menéndez (NJ-1)
Sen. Menendez: Stop Trying to Kill the Iran Talks
Just Foreign Policy
We demand that you stop trying to sabotage President Obama's diplomacy with Iran by promoting new sanctions legislation in spite of the President's veto threat. We demand that you cease and desist from inflammatory rhetoric against the President's attempts to ensure that we let diplomacy work. We condemn your statement that the President's stance against new sanctions “sounds like talking points that come straight out of Tehran” and demand that you apologize to the Administration officials that you insulted.
Why is this important?
New Jersey Senator Robert Menendez has been working overtime to try to recruit Democrats to help Republicans destroy the possibility of a diplomatic agreement with Iran over its disputed nuclear program. But now he’s gotten so extreme, he’s virtually accusing Obama Administration officials of treason.
Following President Obama’s pledge to veto Senator Menendez’ new Iran sanctions bill – which President Obama said “will all but guarantee that diplomacy fails” - Menendez said the Obama Administration’s stance “sounds like talking points that come straight out of Tehran." [1] [2]
Sen. Menendez’s actions must be condemned. Join us in telling Sen. Menendez to stop trying to kill diplomacy by signing our petition.
References:
1. “Give diplomacy with Iran a chance,” Laurent Fabius, Philip Hammond, Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Federica Mogherini, Washington Post, January 21, 2015, http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/on-irans-nuclear-programs-give-diplomacy-a-chance/2015/01/21/0cdb4dcc-a185-11e4-b146-577832eafcb4_story.html
2. “Menendez: Obama Admin's Iran Talking Points Are 'Straight Out Of Tehran',”
Catherine Thompson, Talking Points Memo, January 21, 2015, http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/bob-menendez-obama-admin-iran-talking-points
Following President Obama’s pledge to veto Senator Menendez’ new Iran sanctions bill – which President Obama said “will all but guarantee that diplomacy fails” - Menendez said the Obama Administration’s stance “sounds like talking points that come straight out of Tehran." [1] [2]
Sen. Menendez’s actions must be condemned. Join us in telling Sen. Menendez to stop trying to kill diplomacy by signing our petition.
References:
1. “Give diplomacy with Iran a chance,” Laurent Fabius, Philip Hammond, Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Federica Mogherini, Washington Post, January 21, 2015, http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/on-irans-nuclear-programs-give-diplomacy-a-chance/2015/01/21/0cdb4dcc-a185-11e4-b146-577832eafcb4_story.html
2. “Menendez: Obama Admin's Iran Talking Points Are 'Straight Out Of Tehran',”
Catherine Thompson, Talking Points Memo, January 21, 2015, http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/bob-menendez-obama-admin-iran-talking-points