Say what you will about former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, she's never boring to listen to. Taking the podium Wednesday outside the Capitol at the Stop the Iran Deal Rally, Palin insisted that the deal won't bring peace.
"You don't reward terrorism. You kill it. You don't lift sanctions, you crack down on their assets. You cut off their oil and drill baby, drill for our own," Palin said.
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"Only in an Orwellian Obama world full of sparkly fairy dust blown from atop his unicorn as he's peeking through a pretty pink kaleidoscope would he ever see victory or safety for America or Israel in this treaty," Palin said, as cited by Talking Points Memo.
On Tuesday, the Iran deal amassed the support of a pivotal 41 Democratic senators, enough to prevent a Republican resolution of disapproval.
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