Seems like we should stop releasing billions of dollars to the country sponsoring the unfettered murder of innocent civilians, no?
It’s a reasonable enough proposition to bring together six prominent Democratic Senators to question why the leader of the free world seems bent on giving Iran money after the Iran-backed terrorist organization Hamas slaughtered Israeli civilians in the dead of night.
As NY1 reports, Republicans were already sounding the alarm on the $6 billion BidenBucks sent to Tehran and now several Democrats are joining the chorus:
The money was included in a U.S.-Iran prisoner swap in September. U.S. officials say the $6 billion can only be used for humanitarian purposes — food, medicine, medical equipment — with U.S. Treasury Department oversight.
The Wall Street Journal reported Monday that Iranian security officials helped Hamas plan and then authorized the assault. The newspaper cited senior members of Hamas and Hezbollah, both Iranian-backed terror groups.
Twenty Senate Republicans quickly sent a letter to President Joe Biden on Monday mentioning the report and calling for Biden to refreeze the money.
The joke that Iran can only use this particular $6 billion in question for humanitarian efforts does not offset the fact that they’re being given $6 billion in general. They clearly can move money around however they like, it’s called basic accounting.
Axios reports it’s now up to six Senate Democrats calling for Biden to refreeze the money recently sent to Iran:
Driving the news: Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), Jon Tester (D-Mont.), Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), Bob Casey (D-Pa.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) — all of whom are facing competitive races — have called on Biden to freeze the assets while the U.S. assesses whether Iran played a direct role in the attacks.
Competitive races aside, every member of Congress in both parties should be calling for the same thing, especially given the recent news of the Iranian spy ring exposed in the Biden State Department.
The assets should be frozen and any and all money released to Iran from the United States should be clawed back as soon as possible. It never should have been released in the first place but it’s the propensity of Democrats to appease America’s greatest enemies.
Why is the Biden administration resisting calls to stop funding a terrorist state? They’re still clinging to their claim that they haven’t fully confirmed Iran was involved. When will they relent on that point? Any day now…
Iran knew about the plan and obviously blessed it and likely helped fund it in some way. When will appeasement Democrats learn that Islamic radicals can’t be bought off with cash? Regimes like Iran seek the unending destruction of Western civilization and the death of the Israeli state, full stop.
No amount of deals short of a total reformation of their core values can suffice to pacify this evil empire of Islamic terrorism.
The United States has a black eye on this subject while we actively support Israel in this war against Hamas but continue to defend funding of Iran. The Biden administration can’t have it both ways.
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