Now the Iranian terror chief, killed in a U.S. drone strike, is referred to as a “senior foreign military official”

Following the U.S. killing Iranian terror master Qassem Soleimani, the left officially lost their minds. Apparently, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) didn’t get the memo.

In her first attempt at a presidential-sounding Twitter response, she called Soleimani a “murderer.” She quickly received the wrath of the leftist Twitter mob and, predictably, issued a new take that did not include the word “murderer.”

Here is her initial response:

The left went absolutely insane that she called a murderer a murderer.

"[bogeyman] was a murderer… BUT" -> this is the formula used by useful idiots of warmongers Warren is helping Trump sell a war of aggression on Iran with this ridiculous take This is the proper take: "The US is the aggressor. No war on Iran! Period"https://t.co/pGxW9BppiR — Ben Norton (@BenjaminNorton) January 3, 2020

Here are some other people responsible for the deaths of hundreds of Americans: – Ronald Reagan

– George H. W. Bush

– Bill Clinton

– George W. Bush

– every American general

– every American oil executive Your thoughts on what they deserve? — Hilary Agro ? #NoWarWithIran (@hilaryagro) January 3, 2020

Elizabeth, you debase yourself by ignorantly calling a combatant a murderer. List one murder committed by Suleimani. You can’t. Anything you do come up with, I would be able to find scores of similar actions carried out by US Special Forces and/or CIA paramilitary combatants. — Scott Ritter (@RealScottRitter) January 3, 2020

Oh, my bad, actually Liz Cheney. You on the same prop distribution list? pic.twitter.com/serkyBbF1W — Carl Jonasson (@CarJonasson) January 3, 2020

Well, you get the idea. Apparently, the blowback was too much for Warren.

The Washington Examiner reports:

But even acknowledging that the man responsible for hundreds of American deaths and for orchestrating the Iranian strategy in the Middle East was a bad guy was too much for the Left to handle. Liberals quickly jumped on Warren’s comments, attacking her for employing the language used by hawks to justify war. Fading in polls and dipping in fundraising ahead of the Iowa caucuses, Warren has little room to alienate the Left. So she then released a follow-up statement stripped of any criticism of Soleimani, and instead focused exclusively on attacking President Trump for an attack that she rebranded as an “assassination.” First, this was not an assassination. This was a lawful military strike conducted in a war zone in which the United States is legitimately established. Soleimani was an enemy commander who had acted against the U.S. repeatedly, and the U.S. was well within its rights to take him out. The only act of war was Iran’s by putting one of its commanders in Iraq to help plan and direct attacks against U.S. troops, which was Soleimani’s intent. Labeling Soleimani’s death an assassination is not only dishonest; it’s damaging — not to Trump, as Warren certainly intended, but to the U.S.’s foreign policy interests as a whole. As commander in chief, Trump has the right and the responsibility to direct the military and defend this nation’s interests. That leading politicians are openly questioning, and thus undermining, that authority is ridiculous, though unsurprising. This is Trump, after all, and most Democratic politicians would do or say anything to send a few jabs his way. (Of course, few of these Democrats, if any at all, were willing to say the same of President Barack Obama when he ordered the attack on Osama bin Laden, or when he unilaterally pushed through the Iran nuclear deal despite Congress’s opposition).

Here’s her “new and improved” response, including the reference to the strike as an “assassination”:

We’re on the brink of yet another war in the Middle East—one that would be devastating in terms of lives lost and resources wasted. We’re not here by accident. We’re here because a reckless president, his allies, and his administration have spent years pushing us here. — Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) January 3, 2020

Donald Trump ripped up an Iran nuclear deal that was working. He’s repeatedly escalated tensions. Now he’s assassinated a senior foreign military official. He’s been marching toward war with Iran since his first days in office—but the American people won’t stand for it. — Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) January 3, 2020

All three of my brothers served in uniform. I know the sacrifices we ask of them and their families. Trump’s actions put every service member and diplomat in the region at risk. This is a moment for vigilance—for Americans to speak up and speak out. No more Middle East wars. — Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) January 3, 2020

After caving to the Twitter mob, Warren defended her use of the word “assassination”:

Warren defends her decision to call the death of Soleimani an “assassination” when asked by ⁦@jeffzeleny⁩ pic.twitter.com/8CLFGZ4pg4 — Misyrlena Egkolfopoulou (@misyrlena) January 4, 2020

She has completely lost all sense of reality and is even refusing to prioritize killing terrorist leaders if she were elected.

Elizabeth Warren refuses to prioritize killing terrorist leaders if elected. pic.twitter.com/K8ozNttqxv — Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) January 5, 2020

And when pressed for a reasonable comment on her dual(ing) statements, Warren switches to talking about President Trump. Because Orange Man Bad.

Warren defends her decision to call the death of Soleimani an “assassination” when asked by ⁦@jeffzeleny⁩ pic.twitter.com/8CLFGZ4pg4 — Misyrlena Egkolfopoulou (@misyrlena) January 4, 2020

WATCH: @ewarren’s first on-camera reaction to the killing of Soleimani. @cheyennehaslett follows up by asking why the shift away from calling him a murderer. Warren pivots to instead talk about where Trump is taking this country, calling him “reckless”. pic.twitter.com/fqxGcPJDtS — Tara Prindiville (@taraprindiville) January 4, 2020

Warren does this all the time. She’ll say she believes something, find out that potential voters disagree, and then change her beliefs accordingly. This time it played out in hours. On Twitter. For all the world to see.

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