QUESTION: So, getting away from the word leverage which – in basic English, you’re saying that you wouldn’t give them the $400 million in cash until the prisoners were released, correct?

KIRBY: That’s correct.

WATCH:

[youtube url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Hv09zeG2Yg&feature=youtu.be"]

FLASHBACK:

President Barack Obama, 8/4/16: "We do not pay ransom. We didn’t here, and we won’t in the future."

Unlike the Justice Department, Democrat Senate candidates aren’t objecting to President Obama’s reckless ransom.

In fact, they’re not even commenting on it because of their inability to say with a straight face, like disgraced former DNC chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz, that the cash won’t be used to fund terrorism:

WATCH: Maggie Hassan Dodges Questions About Barack Obama’s $400 Million Ransom Payment To Iran

[youtube url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8x5uMCuG-k"]

WATCH: Katie McGinty Dodges Questions About Barack Obama’s $400 Million Ransom Payment To Iran

[youtube url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3zTHWKN8Ls"]

WATCH: Deborah Ross Dodges Questions About Barack Obama’s $400 Million Ransom Payment To Iran

[youtube url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzZHXyknqkc"]

WATCH: Patrick Murphy Dodges Questions About Barack Obama’s $400 Million Ransom Payment To Iran

[youtube url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6zRI-5Rclw"]

WATCH: Senator Russ Feingold Dodges Questions About Barack Obama’s $400 Million Ransom Payment To Iran

[youtube url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfP-GXqGIVk"]

The NRSC also exclusively obtained the statements made by Jim Barksdale, Evan Bayh, Michael Bennet, Catherine Cortez Masto, Tammy Duckworth, Jason Kander, Ann Kirkpatrick, and Ted Strickland:

[youtube url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8E_zMLCRNg"]

How many more times must President Obama lie to the American people about his secret ransom before these candidates speak out – or even speak at all?

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