A correction and a note on the Iran Deal:
o Senator Menendez does indeed have political ties to Israel: he is under indictment for corruption, and his legal defense fund has a number of large donors with ties to Israel, as Lobelog points out.
o MSNBC reports on another key supporter of the deal:
President Barack Obama’s controversial nuclear deal with Iran received an important boost on Friday from Democratic Rep. Jerrold Nadler of New York, who announced he would support the agreement.
The endorsement makes Nadler the only Jewish New Yorker in Congress to approve of the deal, which is being seen as a win for Obama even as other Democratic lawmakers in the Empire State – including Sen. Charles Schumer and Reps. Eliot L. Engel and Steve Israel – have refused to back the accord.
“I bring to my analysis the full weight of my responsibilities as a member of Congress, and my perspective as an American Jew who is both a Democrat and a strong supporter of Israel,” Nadler said in a statement after receiving a personal letter from Obama addressing some of his concerns. “I have sought to ignore the political pressures, as well as the demagoguery and hateful rhetoric on both sides that I think has been harmful to the overall political discourse.”
(h/t Steve Benen @ MaddowBlog)
