Republicans slam Biden for 'funding terrorism' with $6BN prisoner swap

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : Because Iran is the leading state sponsor of terrorism in the world,' he said on his Verdict podcast last week in a discussion with co-host Ben Ferguson.
51% : Under the agreement, Doha agreed to monitor how Iran spends the unfrozen funds to ensure the cash is spent on humanitarian goods, such as food and medicine, and not any items under U.S. sanctions.
49% : Iran has been labeled by the State Department as a state sponsor of terrorism, which restricts the U.S. from providing foreign assistance, defense sales and other financial restrictions.
46% : Among the Iranian prisoners is Reza Sarhangpour-Kafrani, a dual U.S.-Iranian citizen who was jailed in February for supplying the Central Bank of Tehran with computer equipment and technology through a front company in the UAE, and, who was caught obtaining equipment that could be used in missiles and electronic warfare.
43% : On Monday, five U.S. prisoners were released by Iran as part of a controversial prisoner swap that unfreezes billions in Iranian assets.
37% : Iran gave ZERO for 5.
37% : The Biden administration insists there are 'guardrails' on what Iran can spend the money on, but Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said this week that Iran would decide how the money would be spent.
35% : And as we welcome home our fellow citizens, I once more remind all Americans of the serious risks of traveling to Iran.
31% : He warned all Americans against traveling to Iran because the 'risks are far too great.'Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., slammed Biden for timing the announcement of the prisoner swap on the 9/11 anniversary.
30% : All had been imprisoned in Iran for eight years on what the Biden administration says are unsubstantiated spying charges.
22% : Yet, on the anniversary of 9/11, Joe Biden handed over $6 billion to Iran to reward the regime for wrongfully detaining American citizens.'
11% : Joe Biden 's embarrassing appeasement not only makes Iran stronger, it makes America less safe,' he wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter .

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