Protester disrupts Palin at Iran rally
WATCH: Man forcibly removed from crowd during Sarah Palin’s remarks at anti #IranDeal rally: https://t.co/3b5sA58A1O
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A heckler interrupted former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin Wednesday during her appearance at a rally against President Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran.
Palin stopped speaking when an unidentified man approached her podium at the Stop the Iran Nuclear Deal rally outside the Capitol in Washington.
Police ejected the intruder while audience members jeered.
{mosads}“The president is playing you, Congress,” she told the crowd before the incident on the Capitol’s West Lawn.
“He so disrespects you and the Constitution,” Palin added. “He may propose, you dispose, Congress.”
Palin also argued that Obama shouldn’t have pursued an agreement with a nation as antagonistic as Iran.
“The whole premise of this thing is wrong,” she continued. “Obama had a squishy objective to start with.”
“This treaty will not bring peace,” Palin said. “You don’t reward terrorism — you kill it. You don’t lift sanctions — you crack down on their assets. It is up to us to tell the enemy: We win, you lose.”
Palin’s remarks follow a major political victory for Obama over his nuclear agreement earlier this week.
The president secured votes from 42 Democratic senators by Tuesday, backing his landmark pact with Tehran.
That total ensures that the deal is safe from a resolution of disapproval should Congress vote for one by Sept. 17.
The Obama administration announced it had reached its groundbreaking nuclear deal with Iran last June after 18 months of negotiations overseas.
Britain, China, France, Germany and Russia aided U.S. efforts at the negotiating table with Iran during talks in Vienna.
The deal eases economic sanctions on Iran in exchange for greater restrictions on its atomic energy capabilities.
Iran has vowed it would accept more frequent nuclear inspections and caps on its centrifuge and uranium stockpiles as part of the agreement.
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