Sen. Chris Murphy confirmed The Federalist’s reporting that he privately met with Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif without State Department knowledge or approval in Munich last week.

H/T: The Federalist

The junior senator from Connecticut justified his actions on Twitter Tuesday morning, stating “there is value in having a dialogue" and that he wishes "President Trump would see that value too.”

He then added further, “Because our current policy of blind, non-strategic escalation is just making Iran more powerful and menacing, and making America weaker and less secure.”

It isn't clear how the senator came to that conclusion, and he offered no evidence to support the statement.

2/ First, I urged him to control any Iranian proxies in Iraq who might attack U.S. forces and allies there.



Second, I pressed him to release American citizens being unlawfully detained in Iran.



Third, I pushed him to end the Houthi blockage of humanitarian aid in Yemen. — Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) February 18, 2020

4/ I wish President Trump would see that value too. Because our current policy of blind, non-strategic escalation is just making Iran more powerful and menacing, and making America weaker and less secure. — Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) February 18, 2020

Apparently, “it's dangerous not to talk to adversaries” is only true when Democrats do it. If you're a Republican, talking to adversaries could actually be treasonous. Just ask Michael Flynn.

In fact, wasn't it the same Senator Murphy back in 2017 that demanded an investigation into Flynn's phone call with Sergey Kislyak, the Russian ambassador to the United States at the time? “Any effort to undermine our nation’s foreign policy – even during a transition period – may be illegal and must be taken seriously.” What a joke.

“It’s dangerous not to talk to adversaries”. You literally said it was *dangerous* for Flynn to talk to the Russians even though he was the incoming national security advisor. There’s enough hypocrisy here to fill up the entire state of CT https://t.co/0AFcbjrKRd — Undercover Huber (@JohnWHuber) February 18, 2020

Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo slammed the meeting while speaking to reporters during a tour through Africa. “This is the foreign minister of a country that killed an American on December 27. This is the foreign minister of a country that is the world's largest state sponsor of terror and the world's largest sponsor of anti-Semitism,” he said.

“If they met, I don't know what they said. I hope they were reinforcing America's foreign policy, not their own.”