Adam Hamawy, the incoming New York Democrat, sat before a national audience on CNN Wednesday and refused to call the Islamic Republic of Iran an adversary. Instead, with a straight face, he looked at the camera and told the American people, "We've been saying death to Iran for decades as well. And we've killed a lot of them as well." This is not a liberal pundit on a podcast; this is a man who will hold a vote in the next Congress. His moral equivalence between the United States and a terror-sponsoring theocracy is a disgrace that should alarm every American.
Hamawy's statement implies that the United States is on equal moral footing with a regime that funds Hamas and Hezbollah, chants "Death to America," and oppresses its own citizens. That is not nuance; it is an abdication of national security clarity at the worst possible time. The disarmament of language is the first step toward the disarmament of policy.
Ignoring the Intel Failure
The timing of Hamawy's refusal is the real scandal. Our newsroom has already filed the evidence he conveniently ignores: Iran has nuclear capabilities, and American intelligence missed the missile until it was found. The gap between what the "experts" knew and what was sitting in the desert is the story our desk has been pushing. While the intelligence community once again proved it is more focused on domestic politics than foreign threats, Hamawy was on the air defending the enemy's narrative.
Hasan Piker, the prominent left-wing streamer, ran the clip on his stream and laughed, calling the moment "that sweet chin music." That reaction tells you everything you need to know about who this incoming congressman is representing. It isn't the people of his district; it's the radical online left that has spent the last three years excusing terrorism abroad and rioting at home.
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"One incoming member cannot say Iran is an adversary. A party leader counts the economic wound from the same fight while attacking the Pentagon instead of the mullahs."
This is a coordinated retreat. The Democrats are safer attacking the man defending the country than they are attacking the regime threatening it. They do not fear the Pentagon; they fear their own donor base.
The Cost of Silence
This is not cable noise. The incoming congressman from New York now sits at the intersection of American weakness, intelligence failure, and political denial. His words on CNN will follow him into committee hearings and floor votes on defense, sanctions, and national security. Meanwhile, Iran continues its march toward a deliverable nuclear weapon, and the regime reads American television. When a member-elect refuses to name the enemy, the enemy hears permission. When a party leader uses that moment to blame the Defense Department and rising prices, Tehran hears a divided country.
The American people deserve the whole record, not the clipped version that goes viral. The question is no longer whether Iran is an adversary. The question is why a new member of Congress cannot say it—and what that silence costs the rest of us.
