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Sen. KELLY: "Can't send 'two real estate developers' to negotiate peace." [View all]
When it comes to assigning blame, I like Democrats who make things clear.
Kelly rips Witkoff, Kushner role in Iran talks: Can’t send ‘two real estate developers’ to negotiate peace
Story by Sophie Brams
The Hill, April 11, 2026
Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) on Saturday criticized the involvement of special envoy Steve Witkoff and President Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner in Middle East diplomacy, as the two sit down with Iranian officials for trilateral talks on bringing the six-week conflict with Iran to an end.
“You can’t send the two real estate developers to negotiate a peace with another region,” Kelly said during the National Action Network Convention in New York City.
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Kelly suggested on Saturday that Trump had committed “strategic” blunders in the conflict, arguing that Trump went into it “without a plan, without a timeline, without an exit strategy.”
He faulted Trump for the prolonged Iranian blockade of the strait, a vital shipping channel that transports about one-fifth of the world’s oil supply.
“There is one person responsible for closing the Strait of Hormuz. It’s Donald Trump,” he said. “What Donald Trump taught the Iranians is they now have a strategic asset that they can exploit for decades to our detriment.”
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/kelly-rips-witkoff-kushner-role-in-iran-talks-can-t-send-two-real-estate-developers-to-negotiate-peace/ar-AA20F2TO
Yet, USG calls Jared.
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