Kathleen Rice: Iran deal 'a risk I cannot support.'

[cal04]

Rep. Kathleen Rice on Monday became the second New York Democrat to announce she will oppose the Iran deal, calling it "a risk I cannot support."

Rice, a first-term congresswoman from Garden City, said, "I suspect this deal will pass. I hope that history will ultimately prove President Obama right in his gamble on diplomacy and social progress in Iran. But for me, it is a risk I cannot support."

She explained, "It's a gift of political legitimacy and economic empowerment that requires too little Iranian maturation across too little of its dangerous agenda. For the sake of peace, we can do better."

Rice made her announcement in the 5 Towns Jewish Times.

http://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/kathleen-rice-iran-deal-a-risk-i-can-t-support-1.10702380

[GeorgeGist]

1. Can't risk being primaried by Israel lobby?

[ladjf]

2. Well, can you afford the risk that Iran will build a nuclear bomb if we

don't have a treaty?

[jomin41]

3. She also supports TPP after first opposing it.

I smell a Schumer.