Christie to urge Booker to oppose Iran deal

Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie at a news conference alongside Jewish leaders urged Congress to block the Iran nuclear deal on Tuesday.

Christie, who has made foreign policy a centerpiece of his campaign for the Republican nomination for president, joined Jewish leaders at Rutgers University in New Brunswick in declaring the deal not in the interest of the United States.

The Republican governor urged New Jersey’s congressional delegation to come “together in the same way we came together after Hurricane Sandy” in opposing the nuclear deal across opposing political parties.

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“Even the stupidest criminal in New Jersey would know to get that evidence out of there in the next 24 days”, Christie said.

Both Boteach and Menendez (D-N.J.), one of only two Democratic senators so far to oppose the agreement, have received financial support from casino billionaire Sheldon Adelson, chief executive of Las Vegas Sands and a strong supporter of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who opposes the Iran deal.

Philadelphia Rep. Brendan Boyle is another House Democrat who this week announced his opposition to the agreement.

“For those who have not yet announced their position, particularly to my friend Sen”.

He suggested that if the deal goes forward and he’s in the White House, he would end the United States’ participation in the agreement.

“(Booker must) pledge to the people of New Jersey and to this country that if the president has the audacity to veto a defeat of this deal that he will stand up and override his veto and send the Americans back to the negotiating table”, he said.

Booker is spending “countless hours” reviewing the deal and consulting with independent experts “regardless of political pressure, lobbying or theatrics”, spokeswoman Silvia Alvarez said in a statement. Iran wants to annihilate the Jewish people, and I am asking my very dear friend Sen.

“Iran needs nuclear power as much as I need a double bacon cheeseburger”, he said.

Christie made no comment about a genocidal agenda but said Obama shirked his “moral clarity” in favor of furthering his legacy, which Christie said the president is “obsessed with”.

Opponents, calling on the U.S.to reopen negotiations and increase pressure, have said the deal does not require Iran to dismantle its nuclear infrastructure and will quickly allow the country to build a bomb after 10 years. The president should be honest with American people.