Mark Harris
Role at the time: United States Representative, North Carolina's 8th district
Defended or excused
Statement summary
In a PBS North Carolina interview, Rep. Mark Harris echoed the president's framing of the war as a detour that had to be taken to assure Iran would not have a nuclear weapon, saying that is it, period.
“the president has described it as a detour that we weren't necessarily looking to do, but it was a detour that had to be taken in order to assure that Iran was not going to have a nuclear weapon. I mean, that's just I mean, that's it. Period. They're not going to have a nuclear weapon full stop”