Adam Hamawys Iran defense exposes Democrats sickening suicide pact

Rep.-elect Adam Hamawy sounded more like a spokesman for the Iranian regime this week than an American lawmaker heading to Congress.Appearing on CNN Tuesday, the New Jersey Democrat refused to call Iran an adversary, claiming instead that the United States had “pushed them into a fight.”When astonished anchor Pamela Brown noted that Iran has been chanting “death to America” for decades, Hamawy countered, “We’ve been saying ‘Death to Iran’ for decades as well.” I can’t be the only American who has never heard that phrase uttered. How did the Democratic Party get here, with one of its own elected leaders refusing to acknowledge that a regime responsible for killing Americans is an American enemy?More troubling, why were Democrats so afraid to challenge Hamawy before he got their party’s nomination?Over the last decade, the Democratic Socialists of America and other far-left activists have made enormous inroads into Democratic politics.They haven’t been shy about their contempt for the party establishment, or their determination to replace it with candidates who share their worldview.And now, the party establishment seems too paralyzed by its own cowardice to put up much of a fight.Washington Free Beacon reporter Jon Levine was among the few journalists to sound the alarm about Hamawy in the run-up to his primary victory in a safe blue district.“I wrote half a dozen articles about Hamawy’s direct personal involvement with Islamic terrorism — nobody cared,” Levine told me.“All of his major primary opponents ignored me,” he recalled.“One campaign told me they were afraid of being called Islamophobic if they touched it.”I had a similar experience.In the weeks before New Jersey’s June primary, I spoke with a campaign manager for another of Hamawy’s opponents to see whether I could offer advice or support.The campaign was clearly in over its head.In a crowded 10-candidate field, the Democrats opposing Hamawy were unable to coal...