GOP Pollster Luntz Praises Schumer At AIPAC For Position On Iran

Republican pollster Frank Luntz delivered some words of praise on Monday for none other than Senior Democratic NY Senator, Chuck Schumer. In a town hall style breakout session on the sidelines of the AIPAC policy conference in DC, Luntz said he has “high respect” for Sen. Schumer for putting his political future in jeopardy over Iran sanctions

“Chuck Schumer wants to be head of the U.S. Senate, you understand that. Chuck Schumer wants to run the Senate, he wants to be the Democratic leader of the Senate. And he’s prepared — and I give him so much respect for that — to put himself on the line to say ‘this is wrong here. I am going to go against the administration’, knowing that the administration can punish him when that time comes,” said Luntz. “If someone is willing to put their entire career on the line, that’s the person I’m going to listen to.”

“He has spent 30 years as a political liner and now he’s saying to this administration that on this vote (the Iran sanctions bill that was meanwhile delayed), it actually matter more to me than my career. That’s a bill deal,” Luntz added. “If Schumer comes tonight (Sen. Schumer is expected to address AIPAC in the evening), tell him ‘Frank Luntz says hello.’ He and I have argued and battled for years, but my respect for him is this high because of his willingness to do that.”

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