Booker Blasts Murphy's 'Finish' Iran War Call as New Jersey's 1st GOP Senate Bid Since 1972
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Updated · Fox News · Oct 13
Booker Blasts Murphy's 'Finish' Iran War Call as New Jersey's 1st GOP Senate Bid Since 1972
2 articles · Updated · Fox News · Oct 13
Summary
At Thursday's New Jersey Senate debate, Cory Booker attacked Republican challenger Justin Murphy after Murphy urged President Donald Trump to "finish" the war with Iran and "kick some a--."
Murphy framed the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist force oppressing Iranians and argued the U.S. could not stop halfway through the conflict, drawing loud applause from the audience.
Booker called that stance "Yahoo" and "cowboy" foreign policy, saying such bravado had repeatedly dragged the U.S. into costly Middle East wars and strained the national treasury.
The clash sharpened the race's foreign-policy divide as Murphy backs Trump's military campaign while Booker warns against another prolonged regional war.
In a state where no Republican has won a U.S. Senate election since 1972, the exchange also highlighted broader GOP tensions over how Trump's Iran campaign should end.