Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.) blasted President Barack Obama on Sunday for not doing anything to help Iranians protesting for democracy in 2009.
“There’s been some major strategic errors,” she said about his foreign policy on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”
Ayotte, a first-term senator who sits on the Senate Armed Services Committee, explained that the Iran situation is “the one that really sticks with [her].”
“They were standing for free elections and this president was silent -- and eventually said something, but really talked about how that was going to impact negotiations with the Iranian regime instead of focusing on standing up for those people in the streets,” she said. “Think about how different it would have been if somehow that would have resulted in a regime change.”
On whether she could be in line as a possible vice presidential candidate on the Romney ticket, Ayotte said Romney has plenty of others to choose from.
“It’s an honor to be mentioned in that vein, but my focus is on serving New Hampshire and there’s so many good candidates out there that governor Romney has to choose from,” she said. “Senator [Marco] Rubio, Sen. [Rob] Portman in Ohio. He’s got a lot of great choices.”
Source: POLITICO.com
