'Sour Grapes' is the White House's response on getting caught deceiving Americans with the liberal media's help to push the Iran deal

White House spokesman Josh Earnest was asked Friday if the Obama administration had “hand-picked Beltway insiders” to sell the message in the Iran nuclear deal to the American people, as alleged in a recent profile, but Earnest dismissed the notion and said the claims were unfounded.

“I recognize that there might be some people who are disappointed they did not succeed in killing the Iran deal and maybe these unfounded claims are the result of sour grapes,” Earnest said.

Earnest said that the administration engaged in an aggressive campaign to educate the American people about the details of the landmark nuclear deal which not only strengthened the relationship with Iran but strengthened the national security of the United States.

“We made a strong case that killing the deal would actually make another war in the Middle East more likely,” Earnest said.