When Ann Kirkpatrick endorsed the Obama Iran deal in September, she called it a “new way forward.” Her words echoed the sentiments of President Obama, who called the nuclear giveaway “an opportunity to move in a new direction,” as well as the Iranian president, who said the agreement marked a “new chapter.”
With breaking reports now indicating that the Obama administration sent the rogue state a $400 million hostage payment to release four American detainees, it’s more obvious than ever that the Iran deal is a disaster – and Ann Kirkpatrick owns it.
As The Wall Street Journal reveals in a bombshell report, the Obama administration "sent cash to Iran as Americans were freed":
The Obama administration secretly organized an airlift of $400 million worth of cash to Iran that coincided with the January release of four Americans detained in Tehran, according to U.S. and European officials and congressional staff briefed on the operation afterward. Wooden pallets stacked with euros, Swiss francs and other currencies were flown into Iran on an unmarked cargo plane…U.S. officials also acknowledge that Iranian negotiators on the prisoner exchange said they wanted the cash to show they had gained something tangible.
Ann Kirkpatrick owes Arizona families an explanation. If the Iran deal represented a “new way forward,” why is the Obama administration sending ransom payments to a state sponsor of terrorism?
Why is Iran’s foreign minister extolling his country’s ability to restore its nuclear program within just a few years?
Why does the Iranian government continue to take Americans hostage?
And why did the Obama administration admit it lied to the public to push the deal through?
Kirkpatrick continues to stand behind the Iran disaster, even as threats from Iran continue to mount and it becomes more obvious every day that Americans are no safer because of the agreement. Will Kirkpatrick ever admit that her support for the deal was a mistake? Given her record of loyal partisanship, don’t count