Chris Murphy clarifies ‘awesome’ post on Iran war

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Tuesday clarified his post on the social platform X referring to the passage of Iranian vessels bypassing the U.S. blockade in the Strait of Hormuz as “awesome.”

Murphy shared a story from the online journal Lloyd’s List with the headline “At least 26 Iranian vessels bypass U.S. blockade,” a report that the Pentagon denied. The senator’s post received a wave of backlash, with commenters from both sides of the aisle attacking Murphy and accusing him of being a traitor.

“Ok Twitter, I can’t believe I need to clarify this but obviously Trump’s bungled mismanagement of this war is not ‘awesome,'” he wrote in a separate post. “As I have said a million times here, it’s a disaster and he should end the war immediately. My tweet was something called ‘sarcasm.'”

Murphy shortly after told Fox News that X, again referring to it as Twitter, has “become kind of a cesspool.”

“I probably should give up on sarcasm on Twitter,” he continued. “Obviously, anybody that’s seen anything that I have said about Trump’s war knows that I think it’s bungled, mismanaged and he should end it as quickly as possible. But sarcasm, I guess, is something not allowed on Twitter any longer.”

The Connecticut Democrats would not say if he would delete the post, answering that he has to “be more careful about sarcasm on Twitter.”

Murphy has been an outspoken critic of the U.S.-Israeli conflict in Iran. He derided President Trump’s threat earlier this month that Iran’s “whole civilization will die” as “war crimes.”

“GOP leaders need to stop him,” Murphy wrote on X at the time. “Never mind that blowing up bridges and power plants and killing innocent Iranians won’t reopen the Strait. It’s also a clear war crime. Trump isn’t even pretending to choose military targets. He is promising to bomb all of Iran’s power plants and bridges.”

Murphy also warned days after the start of the conflict in Iran that democracy would not rise up in Iran following the conflict, but instead “an even worse Iranian leadership” could take over.

U.S. and Iranian negotiators were expected to meet in Islamabad, Pakistan, ahead of the Wednesday deadline when the 14-day ceasefire ends. Vice President Vance, special envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner were anticipated to resume talks with Iranian officials. However, Vance is still in Washington, D.C., as of Tuesday afternoon.

Trump on Monday warned that “lots of bombs” will go off if no deal is reached. He rejected any extension of the ceasefire.

Iranian officials have not publicly committed to appearing in Islamabad. It resumed its closure of the Strait of Hormuz later on Friday in response to the U.S. blockade, which Iran says is a violation of the ceasefire.

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