Nikki Haley Hits Democrats Hard for 'Mourning the Loss' of Iran General Killed by Airstrike
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Then-United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley speaks to the media on Sept. 20, 2018, in New York City. (Spencer Platt / Getty Images)
By Erin Coates
Published January 7, 2020 at 10:25am
Nikki Haley has accused Democrats of “mourning” Iranian Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani’s death following the drone strike last week at Baghdad International Airport that killed him.
“You don’t see anyone standing up for Iran. You’re not hearing any of the Gulf members. You’re not hearing China. You’re not hearing Russia,” the former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations told Fox News on Monday.
“The only ones that are mourning the loss of Soleimani are our Democrat leadership and our Democrat presidential candidates.”
“No one else in the world [mourns], because they knew that this man had evil veins. They knew what he was capable and they saw the destruction and the lives lost based from his hands,” Haley added to host Sean Hannity.
Soleimani and his Quds Force were “responsible for the deaths of hundreds of American and coalition service members and the wounding of thousands more,” according to the Department of Defense.
Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the deputy commander of Iran-backed militias known as the Popular Mobilization Forces, were killed, along with eight others, in the airstrike last week.
Many Democrats were quick to criticize President Donald Trump’s decision to launch the airstrike.
“Tonight’s airstrike risks provoking further dangerous escalation of violence,” House Speaker Pelosi said in a statement Thursday.
“America — and the world — cannot afford to have tensions escalate to the point of no return.”
Sen. Bernie Sanders, a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, tweeted that the “action puts us on the path to another [war].”
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