{"id":2220859,"date":"2024-04-14T17:21:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-14T21:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jason-smith-argues-irans-actions-are-a-result-of-bidens-policies\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T17:22:12","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T21:22:12","slug":"jason-smith-argues-irans-actions-are-a-result-of-bidens-policies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jason-smith-argues-irans-actions-are-a-result-of-bidens-policies\/","title":{"rendered":"Jason Smith argues Iran\u2019s actions are a result of Biden\u2019s policies"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjason-smith-argues-irans-actions-are-a-result-of-bidens-policies%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2220859&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Rep. \u200dJason Smith (R-MO) attributed Iran&#8217;s\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/state-dept-launches-probe-into-deadly-erbil-rocket-attack\/\" title=\"State Dept. launches probe into deadly Erbil rocket attack\">recent attack<\/a> on\u200c Israel to\u200b President Joe Biden&#8217;s policies and leadership, emphasizing the stricter approach taken by former President Donald Trump \u200btowards Iran&#8217;s\u2064 sanctions. Smith, chairman of \u200bthe House Ways \u200cand Means Committee,\u2062 criticized Biden&#8217;s reversal of these policies, leading\u200c to a perceived increase in Iran&#8217;s power and economic growth, culminating in attacks on neighboring countries.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p>Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jason-smith\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Jason Smith<\/a> (R-MO) claimed Iran\u2019s recent attack on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Israel<\/a> was a repercussion of President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden\u2019s<\/a> policies and leadership.<\/p>\n<p>Iran\u2019s Saturday attack saw the country\u2019s forces launch over 200 UAVs, cruise missiles, and ballistic missiles at Israel, though nearly all of them were intercepted. Smith, the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, argued that former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> was more strict with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Iran<\/a>, whereas Biden has reversed several \u201cstrict\u201d policies during his presidency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnder President Trump, he imposed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-to-stop-critical-race-theory-in-your-local-schools-advice-from-a-school-board-member\/\" title=\"How To Stop Critical Race Theory In Your Local Schools: Advice From A School Board Member\">strict standards<\/a> of the sanctions on the Iranians, and allowed them where they didn\u2019t grow billions of dollars in profits in oil exports,\u201d\u00a0Smith said. \u201cBut unfortunately, the Biden administration has reversed course on that, and they have been very lax on those sanctions, allowing the Iranians to grow in more power, more economic growth. And now they\u2019re attacking their neighbors.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">CONGRESSMAN JASON SMITH: &#8220;What Iran did last night just is the direct result of Biden&#8217;s policies and Biden&#8217;s rhetoric over the last several years as President.&#8221;<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BFnyX7juBL\">pic.twitter.com\/BFnyX7juBL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Proud Elephant \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83e\udd85 (@ProudElephantUS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ProudElephantUS\/status\/1779557810813968786?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 14, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Smith\u2019s comments mirror what Trump\u2019s campaign press secretary, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/2965468\/trump-campaign-claims-iran-is-emboldened-by-bidens-reversal-on-trumps-policies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Karoline Leavitt<\/a>, stated on Sunday, claiming that Iran was \u201cemboldened\u201d by Biden\u2019s reversal of the former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-taking-regeneron-drug-remdesivir-therapy-for-coronavirus-diagnosis-ex-wh-doctor-explains\/\" title=\"Trump taking Regeneron drug, Remdesivir therapy for coronavirus diagnosis: ex-WH doctor explains\">president<\/a>\u2019s sanctions against Iran. Trump is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-trump-to-headline-n-y-gop-event-on-august-5\/\" title=\"President Trump to headline N.Y. GOP event on August 5\">presumptive nominee<\/a> of the Republican Party for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>2024 election<\/a>, setting the stage for a rematch between him and Biden, who is the presumptive Democratic nominee.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While Biden released a statement praising Israel\u2019s \u201cremarkable capacity to defend against and defeat even unprecedented attacks,\u201d a senior Biden administration official has stated that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/2965612\/us-officials-do-not-envision-participation-in-israels-counterattack-and-stress-deescalation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>the United States currently has no plans to partake<\/a> in a counterattack against Iran. Instead, any decision on a counterattack will be left up to Israel.<\/p>\n<p>In the wake of Iran\u2019s attack, the House of Representatives is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/2965545\/house-republicans-set-sights-on-ukraine-and-israel-aid-following-iran-missile-attack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>seeking to adjust its previously determined schedule<\/a> to include votes on legislation \u201cthat supports our ally Israel and holds Iran and its terrorist proxies accountable,\u201d House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) said in a statement.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Jason Smith (R-MO) claimed Iran\u2019s recent attack on Israel was a repercussion of President Joe Biden\u2019s policies and leadership. Iran\u2019s Saturday attack saw the country\u2019s forces launch over 200 UAVs, cruise missiles, and ballistic missiles at Israel, though nearly all of them were intercepted. Smith, the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2220860,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP23339601846755-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2220859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP23339601846755-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2220859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2220859"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2220859\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2220860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2220859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2220859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2220859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}