Pence slams $6 billion prisoner swap with Iran: 'Largest ransom payment in American history'

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : "While I welcome the release of American hostages, the American people should know that @POTUS Biden has authorized the largest ransom payment in American history to the Mullahs in Tehran," he posted on X, formerly known as Twitter.
40% :"Iran will now use this money to produce drones for Russia and fund terrorism against us and Israel.
39% : "We have received confirmation that Iran has released from prison five Americans who were unjustly detained," Adrienne Watson, the National Security Council spokeswoman, told the New York Times.
38% :The administration on Thursday acknowledged the deal with Iran, in which five imprisoned Americans would be freed and released to the United States in exchange for the release of several jailed Iranians and Tehran gaining access to $6 billion in Iranian oil revenue, the New York Times reported.
30% : Former Vice President Mike Pence slammed a prisoner swap the Biden administration brokered with Iran as "the largest ransom payment in American history."
25% :UP FOR DEBATE: TRUMP, DESANTIS, AND 2024 GOP HOPEFULS' STANCES ON ABORTION

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