South Carolina Republican Rep. Sheri Biggs defended President Donald Trump’s war in Iran during an interview Monday, insisting “Iran cannot have nuclear weapons” and pushing back on claims of hypocrisy by telling Americans who don’t support the country to “get
For Rep. Sheri Biggs, the debate over President Donald Trump’s Iran war is not supposed to be about political messaging or who benefits in November.
During an appearance on Newsmax’s “National Report” on Monday, the South Carolina Republican was asked whether the fight in the Middle East would dominate the midterms—especially if Americans didn’t see faster relief at the gas pump and on other consumer prices.
Biggs did not lean into economics. She pointed, instead, to a single, uncompromising objective.
“The bottom line is … Iran cannot have nuclear weapons,” she said. “The president is putting America first, and it’s not about politics. This is about the security of our nation. And the hypocrisy is overwhelming.”
The interviewer pressed her with a direct comparison: if it’s acceptable for a Democratic president to act on Iran, why isn’t it acceptable for Trump and the Republican majority to do the same? Biggs responded by framing it as contradiction rather than disagreement.
“It’s OK for a democrat president to try to address the issues in Iran, but it’s not OK for President Trump or the Republican majority to try and address this?” she said. “It’s complete hypocrisy. We have to put America first. And as I’ve said before, if you don’t love this country, get out.”
That hard line—about both national loyalty and the legitimacy of the administration’s approach—landed as Biggs also weighed ongoing U.S.-Iran negotiations for a possible deal to end the war.
“Iran is so complex, and I think that’s what the average individual does not realize,” Biggs said. “President Trump is maneuvering this. He’s handling this so carefully because he wants to make good decisions.”
She then argued that what the public sees may not reflect the full picture inside the administration’s deliberations.
“Arguing that Trump ‘has a lot more information than you see on the news media,’ she added, ‘The American people elected President Trump for a reason — and it’s because he has the backbone. He has the intelligence to get things done.’”
Her defense came against a backdrop of stalled talks. On Monday, Iran suspended indirect negotiations with the U.S. to protest what it considers U.S. and Israeli ceasefire violations, according to an Iranian news outlet linked to its Revolutionary Guard Corps.
The sequence of Biggs’s remarks—insisting the central goal is preventing nuclear weapons. dismissing the idea of political hypocrisy. and urging Americans to see Trump’s approach as careful and informed—now meets a negotiation environment where Iran says the process has been disrupted. The result is a political fight playing out in real time. with voters asked to weigh both the moral case Biggs makes and the immediate practical question of whether negotiations can move even as the war continues.
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“Get out”?? dang.
So she’s saying it’s fine because Iran can’t have nukes, but like… didn’t we already have talks like forever? Also gas prices are literally killing people. Kinda wild to dodge that and just yell about hypocrisy.
I don’t even get the hypocrisy part. If Obama or whoever did it first then it was “acceptable” right? But I swear I saw something where Iran already agreed not to make nukes, so how is this new war supposed to fix it? Sounds like we’re doing it just for elections tbh.
Idk if she realizes “get out” makes people NOT want to listen. Like I’m all for security, but nukes or whatever, the way they talk just feels like they’re trying to win midterms and call it patriotism. Also “Iran is so complex” sounds like a cop-out when they’re literally bombing and calling it “putting America first.”