Rep.-elect Adam Hamawy (D-NJ) deflected a question on whether he considers Iran an adversary.
Hamawy said the United States “pushed” Iran into fighting when asked if Iran was an adversary in an interview on CNN’s Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown.
“I see that we are pushing Iran into a fight when we have the leverage to, kind of, bring them to the table,” Hamawy said Tuesday.
The Iran war was a top campaign point for Democrats during the midterm elections along with the affordability of rising gas prices and groceries. Democrats won the majority in both the House and Senate in the “bluenami” and have begun the groundwork to fulfill their agendas.
Hamawy said Iran and the U.S. have to step back from the war efforts. When pressed on whether Iran was the adversary, he said the U.S. was “making adversaries when we should be making friends.”
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Brown pointed out that Iran has killed Americans, to which Hamawy responded, “and we’ve killed a lot of them as well.”
Hamawy said the U.S. was able to negotiate with Iran under the Obama administration, and said diplomacy could bring peace to the region. President Donald Trump said that the U.S. was unlikely to pursue full-scale attacks on Iran after elections.