Democrat Murphy faces backlash over “awesome” remark on Iran blockade breach

Democrat Chris Murphy is getting slammed for replying "awesome" to the news that 26 Iranian shadow fleet vessels breached the U.S. naval blockade.

Murphy has been hammering the war effort. He's argued the U.S. is spending “billions” to keep its navy there “to fecklessly fail,”… pic.twitter.com/ww96ij1SIE

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Democrat Chris Murphy has faced backlash after responding “awesome” to reports that 26 Iranian shadow fleet vessels breached a U.S. naval blockade.

Murphy, a critic of the war, has argued the United States is spending “billions” on a mission he described as ineffective, calling the conflict “pointless” and warning current strategies are “almost certain not to work.”