WASHINGTON Senate GOP s Iran letter draws unfavorable editorials Washington Watch McClatchy DC
WASHINGTON — Newspaper editorial pages around the country have not been kind to Senate Republicans this week.
A collective “Seriously?” has emerged in reaction to the open letter that 47 Republican senators penned to the Iranian leadership, which seemed designed to undercut its nuclear talks with the Obama administration.
From New England to the Great Plains, from the Gulf Coast to the West Coast, editorial boards thundered and chided.
“A blot on the 114th U.S. Senate,” opined the Detroit Free Press.
“The senators who signed the letter should be ashamed,” said the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Some sounded embarrassed.
“Cringe-worthy buffoonery on the global stage,” sighed The Salt Lake Tribune.
Others just seemed weary of Capitol Hill’s continuing dysfunction.
“Has Congress gone crazy?” wondered The Courier-Journal in Louisville.
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WASHINGTON Senate GOP s Iran letter draws unfavorable editorials Washington Watch McClatchy DC