On Wednesday, a firefight broke out over Twitter between Senator Tom Cotton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton over the letter to Iran authored by Cotton and signed by 46 other GOP senators.
Cotton had responded late Wednesday morning to Secretary of State John Kerry’s statement, “We are not negotiating a legally binding plan” with Iran, by tweeting:
So then what exactly are you doing? RT @joshrogin: Kerry: “We are not negotiating a legally binding plan” with Iran.
— Tom Cotton (@SenTomCotton) March 11, 2015
Cotton followed with a tweet asking the obvious question:
Important question: if deal with Iran isn’t legally binding, then what’s to keep Iran from breaking said deal and developing a bomb?
— Tom Cotton (@SenTomCotton) March 11, 2015
Hours later, Clinton, eyeing her chance to deflect coverage away from her email imbroglio, subtweeted at Cotton:
GOP letter to Iranian clerics undermines American leadership. No one considering running for commander-in-chief should be signing on.
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) March 11, 2015
Cotton fired back less than an hour later:
No, .@HillaryClinton, letter to Iran helps protect USA from bad deal. No CINC should allow world’s worst regimes to get world’s worst weapon
— Tom Cotton (@SenTomCotton) March 11, 2015