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President Trump Is Right! John Kerry Violated The Logan Act. It’s A Dem. Party Tradition lidblog.com/john-kerry-log… via @yidwithlid

A tweet by President Trump on Monday morning accusing John Kerry of violating the Logan Act has raised the ire of liberals. The President is correct about John Kerry violating the Logan Act,

The Logan Act is a federal law that criminalizes negotiation by unauthorized persons with foreign governments having a dispute with the United States. Violating the Logan act is a tradition for both John Kerry and the Democratic Party

During interviews to promote his new book this past September Kerry told an interviewer that he has met with Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif three or four times since leaving office and that their talks touched on the international nuclear agreement which Kerry negotiated

This was the first time Kerry admitted this violation, but in May of this year, the Boston Globe reported that he had been secretly meeting with the Iranian foreign minister and European leaders, advising them on how to save the flawed JCPOA.

In 1985, Senator John Kerry traveled to Nicaragua for a friendly get-together with the Sandinista president, Daniel Ortega. The position of the Reagan administration was to support the opposition Contras.

Kerry wasn’t much interested in the administration’s position. Upon his return to the United States, Kerry met with President Reagan to convey a message from Ortega. Reagan “wasn’t thrilled,” Kerry later told the New York Times.

In 2006 Kerry went to Syria to meet with Assad over the objections of President Bush #43, who was trying to isolate the Syrian despot at the time.

Israeli Newspaper Ma’ariv reported Kerry had given a message to Palestinian Authority Pres. Abbas, “that he should stay strong in his spirit and play for time, he should not break and will not yield to President Trump’s demands because Trump will be out of office within the year”

Even Barack Obama! Five months before the 2008 Election, Barack Obama secretly told Iraq to stall on the Status of Forces Agreement they were negotiating with Bush #43. Amir Taheri reported in the NY Post,

After Obama became President the negotiations failed (some say on purpose) which opened up the door for ISIS to grow in Iraq.

Some Democrats claim Michael Flynn violated the Logan Act by dealing with the Russian ambassador during the Presidential transition of Donald Trump. However, as the incoming national security advisor, his contact was entirely justified.

But perhaps the most egregious example when Ted Kennedy told the USSR he would help them with negotiating with Reagan if they would help him become President in 1988.

However, instead of being seen as a traitor who tried to ruin what eventually became a successful strategy to win the cold war, Ted Kennedy is seen as a great senator, “The Lion of The Senate,” he should be called the “Lying of the Senate.”