Chris Murphy
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For my 20 years covering this issue, the trade is this.
They want more border security and enhancement.
Democrats want a path to citizenship.
This time around, the negotiation didn't have a path to citizenship.
It was entirely on their terms in order to get Ukraine funded, right?
It's actually not their largest energy plant.
It's about one gigawatt.
They have larger ones that are gas-fired outside of Tehran.
Okay, so... But just case in point.
Well, I would never take anything off the table for the president, certainly not on national television.
However, there are larger plants.
There's one outside of Tehran.
There are others outside of other cities that are gas fired, thermal powered.
I think the important point here is to understand the IRGC, a declared terrorist organization, not only by us, but
A number of European countries controls a huge swath of Iran's critical infrastructure, their economy, and certainly many of their governing institutions.
And so to the extent we're degrading their military capability and their defense industrial base, all options should be on the table.
And the president's made that very clear.
It's actually not their largest energy plant.
It's about one gigawatt.
They have larger ones that are gas-fired outside of Tehran.