GOP Sen. Apologizes for Iran School Strike After Trump Suggests Enemy Misfire: ‘We Made a Mistake’
Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) offered an apology on behalf of America for the airstrike on an Iranian girls’ school that local officials say killed 175 pupils and teachers — after President Trump suggested an Iranian misfire may have caused the tragedy.
“It was terrible. We made a mistake,” Kennedy told reporters Monday night on Capitol Hill, NBC News reported.
“Other countries do that sort of thing intentionally, like Russia. We would never do that intentionally. I think the department is investigating it now, and I’m sorry,” the Trump ally said.
“I’m just so sorry it happened. It was a mistake.”
Trump said Monday evening at a press conference that he isn’t sure if the US military was responsible for the carnage on the first day of the war — after footage emerged appearing to show a Tomahawk missile landing at the site, which is near an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps building.
“I haven’t seen it and I will say that the Tomahawk, which is one of the most powerful weapons around is used by — you know, is sold and used by other countries,” Trump told reporters. (Read more from “GOP Sen. Apologizes for Iran School Strike After Trump Suggests Enemy Misfire: ‘We Made a Mistake’” HERE)
