Matthew Dowd misspoke about the Iran deal 'treaty' and nobody on @ThisWeekABC seemed to care

Greg P. | 10:37 PM on May 13, 2018

During an appearance on ABC’s “This Week” Sunday morning, Matthew Dowd, who is ABC News’ Chief Political Analyst, slammed President Donald Trump for violating the “treaty” between the U.S. and Iran. As everyone knows — or should know — the Iran deal is called the Iran deal BECAUSE IT’S NOT A TREATY:

Video: Not a treaty! @MatthewJDowd: “Who would have guessed that the first one to violate that treaty would be us and not Iran. I mean, we’re the first one in violation of this treaty.” #ThisWeek #TTT pic.twitter.com/a4uzubPf1w

— Brent Baker (@BrentHBaker) May 13, 2018

Dowd later apologized for misspeaking:

I misspoke on @ThisWeekABC today and called the Iran deal a treaty and not more accurately an agreement. Point still stands. Who would have thought the US would be first in violation of this and not Iran.

— Matthew Dowd (@matthewjdowd) May 13, 2018

He’s still wrong. What exactly did the U.S. violate?

https://twitter.com/instapundit/status/995680634831036416

Also of note, Dowd misspoke but NOBODY CORRECTED HIM on air:

.@MarthaRaddatz why didn't you correct Matthew Dowd when he called the #IranDeal a treaty? It's not a treaty.

— David Morgan (@StarCoreOne02) May 13, 2018

Actual pants-on-fire #FakeNews from @MatthewJDowd https://t.co/osUZ3lX2Pg

— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) May 13, 2018

And, as NRO’s Andrew McCarthy so rightfully points out, our allies know that then President Obama did not have the “power to unilaterally bind the United States to an international agreement”: