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Ex-Biden Staffer Praises Trump’s Iran
Bombing, Admits Harris Would’ve Lacked
The ‘Courage’

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Posted By: snakeoil, 6/23/2025 11:18:54 AM

A former staffer for former Presidents Bill Clinton and Joe Biden admitted Sunday that former Vice President Kamala Harris would not have displayed “the courage or fortitude” to take out Iran’s nuclear program. The United States struck sites in Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan related to Iran’s effort to develop nuclear weapons early Sunday morning, using as many as 14 GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrators in the operation. Jamie Metzl, who served on the National Security Council staff during the Clinton administration and as a Senate staffer for Biden, said that while he backed Harris in the 2024 campaign, he was not a “blind tribalist” in a Sunday morning post on X.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: itsonlyme 6/23/2025 11:55:41 AM (No. 1968332)
Kamala "OpenBorderCzarHeelsUp" Harris would have gladly given them Billions of U.S. Taxpayer $$$ in return for a promise not to harm us. Perhaps even more moola should they ask. Meeting adjourned, whats for lunch?
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Reply 2 - Posted by: dbdiva 6/23/2025 12:22:09 PM (No. 1968347)
Regarding the Presidency ~ what DOESN'T Comma-la lack? I have doubts that she could mop anything (possibly due to being inebriated) much less giving the order to MOP Iran's nuclear sites. However, since she would be a handled President she would not be ALLOWED to give that order anyway...even if she actually wanted to.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: bpl40 6/23/2025 12:23:35 PM (No. 1968348)
“Would not have had the courage and the fortitude “? You don’t say! Why do you think we voted the way we did.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: LadyVet 6/23/2025 1:47:41 PM (No. 1968383)
She did not even have the courage to invoke the 25th amendment and that was one of her few constitutional duties.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: Italiano 6/23/2025 1:49:41 PM (No. 1968388)
Make up your mind, schizo.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: anniebc 6/23/2025 2:07:22 PM (No. 1968398)
So, who cares what this person has to say? Tell the truth about your bosses and your party, and we might listen, Jamie.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: DVC 6/23/2025 2:49:01 PM (No. 1968419)
Interesting to see at least ONE honest person in that bunch.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: mifla 6/24/2025 6:18:43 AM (No. 1968722)
The rift between the Biden people and the Harris people was well known in Dem circles. Kamala would have made a word salad speech and then wrote them a check in exchange for a promise to be killed last.
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