Leftist and perennial Trump-critic Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy got hammered online after he appeared to cheer for the failure of the U.S. against Iran.
On Monday, following reports that at least 26 vessels from Iran’s “shadow fleet” successfully bypassed a U.S. blockade, the Connecticut senator offered a succinct, one-word response on social media: “Awesome.”
The backlash was swift and deservedly brutal.
Year of our Lord 2026: Democrat US Senator openly rooting for Iran to defeat the US in battle. Every Dem on the Hill ought to be hounded today by every reporter to answer for this lunatic. pic.twitter.com/8ixSVsGFRo
— Scott Jennings (@ScottJenningsKY) April 21, 2026
Democratic politicians continue to condemn the U.S. campaign against Iran in the midst of critical talks. Yet, few have come close to the extremes of Sen. Chris Murphy (D., Conn.), who just responded to a report of 26 Iranian vessels evading the U.S. blockade with “awesome”…
— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) April 21, 2026
Democrats are openly cheering for the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism. pic.twitter.com/Mk787lUOpa
— Ryan Saavedra (@RyanSaavedra) April 21, 2026
“Go Iran!” exclaimed the United States Senator.
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) April 21, 2026
Senator Chris Murphy….. RESIGN, TRAITOR!! https://t.co/THSNOFHap0
— Juanita Broaddrick (@atensnut) April 21, 2026
This douche bag should be censored and never allowed on a US military installation ever again. Our troops deserve better than seditious rhetoric from a sitting “representative.”
— Buzz Patterson (@BuzzPatterson) April 21, 2026
But to further humiliate Murphy, reports later surfaced that the claim of the 26 ships was a fiction:
“So that was just Iranian propaganda?”
“Yes, absolutely.”@TreyYingst reports there’s no evidence any vessels left Iranian ports or moved through the Strait of Hormuz — undercutting the false narrative about 26 Iranian ships slipping past a U.S. blockade. | @foxandfriends pic.twitter.com/jnUB9yoSFK
— Fox News (@FoxNews) April 21, 2026
For those who have watched Murphy’s trajectory, this wasn’t an isolated gaffe; it was the culmination of a long-standing pattern of freelance diplomacy and radical rhetoric.
Back in 2020, Murphy was caught in a “secret meeting” in Munich with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif—a meeting first exposed by The Federalist. At the time, Murphy defended his back-channeling, claiming it was “dangerous not to talk to one’s enemies.” Critics, however, were quick to point out the staggering hypocrisy: Murphy had spent years shrieking about “collusion” regarding Trump officials’ contacts with foreign leaders, yet saw no issue with undermining sitting U.S. policy while meeting with a regime responsible for the deaths of thousands of Americans.
As the U.S. recently ramped up military pressure to eliminate Iran’s nuclear program, Murphy’s rhetoric shifted from “diplomat” to “defeatist.” He has repeatedly characterized U.S. actions as “dangerously illegal,” “unnecessary,” and a “mistake of staggering scale.” He has gone so far as to accuse the administration of “terrorizing innocent Iranians” and committing “war crimes,” all while bizarrely suggesting that the 25th Amendment be used against a president he describes as “unglued” and a “would-be dictator.”
Murphy’s obsession with “collectivism” and his disdain for American “individualism” often mirror the talking points of the very radicals he empowers. While he bloviates about the “trillions wasted” in overseas conflicts, he remains curiously silent on the billions in oil revenue his preferred policies allow to flow back into Tehran’s coffers.
To Murphy, a U.S. blockade being outmaneuvered by a rogue regime isn’t a security failure—it’s “awesome.”
It is a chilling reminder that for some in the Senate, the goal isn’t American victory; it’s the managed decline of the West in favor of the “warmth” of globalist submission.
