Lawmakers, media dinged for blaming Trump or ripping Israel on Iran: 'Think Kamala could've stopped them?'

Lawmakers and mainstream media figures were blasted online Friday morning over some of their responses to the development that Israel executed a widespread bombing campaign against key Iranian targets.

Sen. Chris Murphy, D-CT., wrote on X that Israel’s attack was "clearly intended to scuttle the Trump administration's negotiations with Tehran," and is "further evidence of how little respect world powers - including our own allies - have for President Trump."

Murphy, the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Europe, was later mocked for using the situation to slam Trump:

"Do you think Israel respected Biden, Obama, or Bush? Now is not the time for a partisan bromide," one critic replied.

"You think Kamala could’ve stopped them?" riffed another.

Former Ohio State Sen. Nin...