Incoming Democratic Congressman Adam Hamawy ignited controversy during a CNN interview by refusing to label Iran as an adversary of the United States—while suggesting America shares blame for tensions with the Islamic Republic.
The New Jersey representative-elect, an Army veteran and vocal critic of Israel, repeatedly deflected when pressed by CNN’s Pamela Brown on whether he views Iran as a hostile regime. “We pushed them into a fight,” Hamawy argued. “I think we both have to step back and ask: Is this helping either one of us?”
‘We’ve Been Saying Death to Iran’
When Brown noted Iran’s decades of “Death to America” chants, Hamawy fired back: “We’ve been saying ‘Death to Iran’ for decades as well.” The exchange grew more heated as Brown cited Iran’s killings of Americans—only for Hamawy to counter, “And we’ve killed a lot of them as well.”
While eventually acknowledging Iran as a dictatorship, Hamawy maintained that U.S. policy unnecessarily provokes conflict. “We’re in the middle of a war right now that is making American lives worse,” he said, according to Fox News.
Political Backlash Grows
Hamawy’s comments drew immediate condemnation from foreign policy hawks. The first-time candidate, who owns a Princeton cosmetic surgery practice, won his deep-blue district after campaigning on cutting military aid to Israel.
He joins Michigan Senator-elect Abdul El-Sayed as progressive Democrats taking heat for soft-pedaling criticism of Iran. El-Sayed, set to become America’s first Muslim senator, previously dismissed questions about whether Iran or Israel poses a greater threat as “dumb.”
The remarks come as the Biden administration weighs its next moves with Iran, from renewed diplomacy to economic pressure. Hamawy’s election adds another unpredictable voice to Democratic foreign policy debates.
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