FAIL: State Dept’s Marie Harf Blames $50 Billion Iran “Bonus” in Nuclear Deal on Treasury Dept Calculation Error

Someone has obviously been studying their common core math.

After Jay Solomon over at the Wall Street Journal pointed out that there was a whopping $50 billion difference in the funds Iran was supposed to get after the sanctions release in the administration’s nuclear deal and what Iran is claiming to have, State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf took to Twitter to “clarify” to him publicly that it was the Treasury Department’s fault… as if that somehow makes the government look less ridiculously inept.

.@WSJSolomon Important clarification – it was experts at @USTreasury Dept who did the math & determined how much $ Iran would actually get

— Marie Harf (@marieharf) February 2, 2016

Harf is the Senior Advisor for Strategic Communications to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry at the U.S. State Department, leading the Iran nuclear negotiations communications strategy. So now America first finds out the news that Iran gets $100 billion in the nuke deal — from Iran, not our government — but it’s actually $50 billion more than what our Treasury Department determined when they “did the math”??? Even John Kerry admitted last month that some of this money will go to fund terrorism. Guess now they’ll just have a whole lot more to work with than what Americans were told by our own government.

Americans are used to, and maybe even numb to, incompetence and stupidity leaking out of every crack in this government, but the sheer level of fail involved in this $50 billion math error managed to actually shock people.

@marieharf @WSJSolomon @USTreasury so you lied

— D the Feudalism Cat (@Gator9358) February 2, 2016

@marieharf @WSJSolomon @USTreasury BOTH Dishonest and Incompetent! can you balance your own checkbook?

— robmd1 (@robertnichols33) February 3, 2016

Looks like @marieharf is doing the “wasn’t me!” to Treasury as well, which has done the finest work on Iran.

— Jordan Hirsch (@jordanchirsch) February 2, 2016

@marieharf @djrothkopf @WSJSolomon So Iran is more accurate then Obama Admin on this?

— House King (@AndrewKing06) February 2, 2016

@marieharf @djrothkopf @WSJSolomon I think it’s important to point out that Iran is now more trustworthy than our Administration. Good times — GoodGrief (@KiloMick) February 2, 2016

The stupid burned this guy’s eyes:

@marieharf @djrothkopf @WSJSolomon I’ve got an idea, how about figure that about before you negotiate the deal? The stupid burns my eyes. — R Thomas (@Plate0fShrimp) February 2, 2016

Others wondered why she even made the distinction since it’s all the same administration being this dumb. Harf then clarified her clarification, managing to make it worse.

.@djrothkopf @WSJSolomon Not weird distinction. When people use “White House,” it sounds political – often inadvertently. Not the case here. — Marie Harf (@marieharf) February 2, 2016

The White House is responsible for both the Treasury and your department. The whole EXECUTIVE branch. @marieharf @djrothkopf @WSJSolomon — Ryan B. Leslie (@RyanBLeslie) February 2, 2016

Bottom line?

@marieharf @WSJSolomon @USTreasury So this entire admin is incompetent. Top to bottom. Got it. — First Noel (@NHolmstedt) February 2, 2016

Yeah, pretty much. Then there’s this:

We are still wondering about the $6 billion dollars that went missing in your Department under Clinton. @marieharf @WSJSolomon @USTreasury — Ryan B. Leslie (@RyanBLeslie) February 2, 2016