Sen. Chris Murphy is facing controversy over a post he made on X on Monday.

In response to a report that 26 Iranian ships had evaded a U.S. blockade in the Strait of Hormuz, the senator posted "awesome."

Murphy's reply prompted many Republicans, including Senate Majority Leader John Cornyn, to accuse Murphy of cheerleading for Iran.

On Tuesday, he responded to those critics, writing on X, "I can't believe I need to clarify this but obviously [President Donald] Trump's bungled mismanagement of this war is not 'awesome'...My tweet was something called 'sarcasm.'"