The Connecticut senator said he had seen the proposed post-election Iran plan and warned it would trigger “a new cycle of escalation” three days before his office announced his stroke.
Sen. Chris Murphy, the Connecticut Democrat who said he had been briefed on a plan to restart the Iran war and called it “insane,” was hospitalized Saturday after suffering a stroke.
His chief of staff, Allison Herwitt, said Murphy felt numbness in his arm while attending his son’s hockey game. Doctors at a local hospital diagnosed a stroke and transferred him to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore for monitoring and treatment, according to the New York Times.
Herwitt said doctors were encouraged by Murphy’s progress. He was awake, alert, and responding well to treatment, with the office optimistic about a full recovery, NBC News reported.
Three days earlier, Murphy publicly warned that the White House was reportedly planning to restart the Iran war after the election. “Some of us have been briefed on the war plan,” Murphy stated. “And while I cannot disclose any details, I can say this: the plan is insane. It will not achieve objectives and will set off a new cycle of escalation.”
Murphy offered no details from the briefing. His words nevertheless put a member of the Senate on record against another round of war before the administration’s next move.
The timeline is clear: Murphy issued the Iran warning Oct. 29, and his office announced his stroke hospitalization Nov. 1.