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Republican Senate candidate Justin
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Murphy is drawing fresh attention online
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after forcefully defending the war
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against Iran during his debate with
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Senator Cory Booker, giving the underdog
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challenger a moment in the spotlight
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weeks before November's election.
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>> Mr. Murphy, let's say
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>> let's say that the president calls you.
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>> So service has gotten a lot better in
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Tabernacle over the last few years.
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>> President President Trump calls you and
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I'll do whatever you want. What do I do
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in Iran? What's your answer?
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Finish that war in a positive manner. We
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can't wait halfway through and decide we
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don't want to do this anymore. The
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Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard
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Corps is a radical terrorist
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organization that has deprived the
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Iranian people and the Persian people of
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their history and of a decent life. They
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have murdered, raped, tortured,
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assassinated, promoted, and promoted
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terrorism all throughout the world,
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especially in the region of the Middle
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>> Murphy backed President Donald Trump's
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military campaign during the October 8th
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debate, arguing that allowing Iran to
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obtain a nuclear weapon would create an
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>> They are a cancer on human existence. I
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remember as a young boy watching those
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walls of our November 1979, watching the
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radical Islamic terrorists storm over
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the walls of our embassy and 52
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Americans held for 444 days. And ever
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since November 79, the IRGC in Iran has
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done nothing but export terror, murder,
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rape, oppression, and assassination to
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the region and to the world, and it's
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time it stops. Four decades is enough.
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The Iranian people have suffered enough.
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And I would say, Mr. President, put your
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cowboy hat on and get out there and kick
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some ass and get this done and done
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>> That's right, brother.
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>> His blunt delivery has become a talking
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point beyond the debate stage. It's not
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only in political circles, either.
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Murphy's comments are also reflecting in
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online prediction markets such as
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Calsee, where his prediction to win has
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to 4.3% since the debate. On social
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media, his Iran position has created a
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viral moment, but he has a large
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mountain to climb against his
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well-funded DC entrenched opponent, Cory
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Booker. Although Booker is still
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expected to win in November, Murphy
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might be able to gain some ground
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between now and November.
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