Sherrod Brown recently criticized President Trump over his handling of North Korea, saying the President’s rhetoric makes Americans “less safe.” You know what else makes Americans less safe? When Sherrod Brown opposed designating North Korea as a state sponsor of terrorism.
“Sherrod Brown’s rhetoric is as empty as the suits he wears. Brown opposed designating North Korea as a state sponsor of terrorism, so he should be the last person commenting on how the President deals with the escalating threat of North Korea.” –SLF Spokesman Chris Pack
BACKGROUND:
In an interview with WFMJ, Brown said President Trump’s rhetoric on North Korea makes America less safe:
Brown said President Trump’s rhetoric on North Korea “makes us less safe.” INTERVIEWER: “First and foremost I wanted to ask you, President Trump in front of the U.N. today – some very fiery words on North Korea. Too far? Not far enough?” BROWN: “I have never, in either party, seen a president, from Eisenhower to Nixon to either George Bush, to Kennedy, to Obama, use words like this where they call a foreign leader, as bad as this foreign leader is, to call them names, childish names, to threaten to destroy a country. That makes us less safe.” (Cristen Manion, “Sen. Sherrod Brown: Trump’s words on N. Korea making us less safe,” WFMJ, 9/19/17, Video Embedded, 0:11-0:45)
Brown voted against recommending that the State Department designate North Korea as a state sponsor of terrorism:
In July 2009, Brown voted against an amendment “that would express a sense of the Senate that the State Department should designate North Korea as a state sponsor of terrorism.” “Brownback, R-Kan., amendment no. 1587 that would express a sense of the Senate that the State Department should designate North Korea as a state sponsor of terrorism.” (S. 1390, CQ Vote #239, Rejected 43-54, R: 38-2, D: 4-51, I: 1-1, 7/22/09, Brown Voted Nay)