Sen. Chris Murphy says his ‘Awesome’ Iran blockade post was sarcasm
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Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., said he was being sarcastic when he called reports of Iranian ships breaching the U.S. blockade “Awesome.” In a post I wrote to X on Monday, In response to news that as many as 26 ships had evaded U.S. detection.
Murphy ignored criticism that he was celebrating the shortcomings of President Donald Trump’s military strategy.
“This is incredibly disingenuous. Frankly, all these Republicans know I’m being cynical. They just don’t want to have to answer for the fact that this war has gone off the rails,” Murphy said. ““Republicans don’t want to talk about it, so they’re trying to cynically create fake outrage.”
Murphy’s defense of those statements underscores the tension Democrats have been under since the United States first began hostilities with Tehran: pushing back on parts of the Trump administration’s Iran strategy without mistakenly being sympathetic to a geopolitical foe.
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Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., wants the Trump administration to explain its war with Iran. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
Like many Democrats, Murphy opposed Trump’s decision to bomb Iran and has recently voiced criticism of Iran’s plans to impose a naval blockade of Iran to undermine its control of the Strait of Hormuz, a key waterway for global oil transportation.
“Let’s talk about Trump’s crazy plan to fix Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz: Help them close the Strait.” Murphy said announcement of the administration’s strategy earlier this month.
“It compounds one mistake after another.”
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Fishing boats and cargo ships sail from the Persian Gulf to the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of the United Arab Emirates on March 27, 2026. (AP Photo)
GOP skeptics who responded to his post believe Murphy was celebrating the defeat of a strategy he initially thought was ill-advised.
Libraries of TikTok, a popular conservative account, wrote: “A sitting US Senator actively supports Iran. Like crazy. TRAITOR.” in a post own.
Murphy told Fox News Digital that those criticisms were exaggerated and called them a distortion of the political cost of the war.
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Senator Chris Murphy speaks at the 2025 Concordia Annual Summit on September 24, 2025 in New York. (Riccardo Savi/Getty Images for Concordia Annual Summit)
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“You’re talking about a war where Iran is allowed to control the Strait and it’s costing American taxpayers billions of dollars,” Murphy said. “More than a dozen Americans have been killed. There seems to be no end game.”
At least one other Senator declined to comment when asked to comment on Murphy’s post.
“I’m not very familiar with it,” Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisc., told Fox News Digital.
