Elizabeth Warren finally admitted that Qassem Soleimani, a man responsible for the deaths of hundreds of U.S. soldiers, is a terrorist — but only after being backed into a corner.
In an interview with The View, co-host Meghan McCain asked Warren why she changed her original statement on Soleimani’s death, which labeled him a murderer, to one that condemned President Trump’s decision to order “an assassination of a senior military official.”
“The Treasury Department and the State Department have both labeled the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization … I don’t understand the flip-flop. I don’t understand why it was so hard to call him a terrorist,” McCain said.
Warren then claimed her follow-up statement wasn’t a “change” from her original position. This is simply not true. And as I wrote last week, Warren’s pivot was obvious, as was its motivations. She was trying to appease the Left, and she continued to do so on The View until McCain forced her to admit what is plainly true.
“He’s part of a group that has been designated a terrorist organization,” Warren responded when McCain first asked whether Soleimani was a terrorist.
“But is he a terrorist,” McCain asked again. Warren once again tried to dodge the question, but McCain continued to press her: “So he’s not a terrorist?”
“Of course he is,” Warren answered. “He’s part of a group that our federal government has designated as a terrorist organization.”
It took @MeghanMcCain pressing @ewarren four times before she finally admitted that Soleimani was a terrorist.https://t.co/dZS2pIF4RA pic.twitter.com/3JSucooWfp
— John Gage (@johnrobertgage) January 7, 2020
Soleimani had no problem taking responsibility for terrorist attacks, so why would Warren have a problem calling him a terrorist?
The answer is simple: Warren will do whatever the Left asks, and as soon as they attacked her for employing language hawks would use to justify war, she flip-flopped.
Throughout her presidential campaign, Warren has tried to strike a careful balance and bridge the divide between the Democratic establishment and the liberal Left. But on this, she caved to the Left. And now she will undoubtedly face their criticism for, unbelievably, calling a terrorist a terrorist.
Smart candidates would see this as a red flag. But not Warren.
