{"id":2029896,"date":"2023-09-12T20:52:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T00:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-members-slam-biden-for-iran-prisoner-swap-deal\/"},"modified":"2023-09-12T20:53:46","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T00:53:46","slug":"gop-members-slam-biden-for-iran-prisoner-swap-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-members-slam-biden-for-iran-prisoner-swap-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP members criticize Biden over Iran prisoner swap deal."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgop-members-slam-biden-for-iran-prisoner-swap-deal%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2029896&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Photo by Mario Tama\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN\u2019s <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/abril-elfi\" target=\"_blank\">Abril Elfi<\/a><br \/>5:51\u2062 PM \u200b\u2013 Tuesday, September 12, 2023<\/p>\n<p>GOP leaders have slammed President \u2063Joe Biden over his administration\u2019s decision\u2062 to have\u00a0a prisoner exchange with Iran.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Republicans slammed the Biden Administration\u2019s\u200d agreement with Iran to unfreeze $6 billion in\u2064 Iranian cash in exchange for the release of five \u200cAmerican detainees. Officials accused the 46<sup>th<\/sup> \u200d president\u200b of paying \u200ca ransom to \u2063a\u200b state sponsor of terrorism around the world, noting that\u2063 the news emerged on the\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-members-slam-biden-for-iran-prisoner-swap-deal\/\" title=\"GOP members criticize Biden over Iran prisoner swap deal.\">day marking 22 years<\/a> since the terror attacks in New York.<\/p>\n<p>Former \u200dPresident Donald Trump posted on the social network Truth Social giving his opinion on the matter. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cHe had the audacity to announce this terrible deal today, September 11<sup>th<\/sup>. To\u200b pay for hostages that will lead to kidnapping, ransom, \u2062and blackmail against Americans across the globe,\u201d Trump said. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Trump referred to\u2062 Biden\u200d as an\u200b \u201cincompetent\u2063 fool\u201d and\u2064 claimed he was receiving a \u201ckickback\u201d from the funds returned to Iran.<\/p>\n<p>Senator\u2063 Tim Scott\u200c (R-S.C.) joined the conversation and posted on X, the\u2063 platform formerly known\u200b as Twitter, saying the Democrat cannot seem to\u200d stop \u201csending money to terrorists.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He then\u2062 referred to when money was paid to\u2064 Iran during the Obama administration to settle a disagreement over an arms contract. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cFirst, it was $400 million to Iran in 2016 when he was \u2064VP,\u201d Scott wrote. \u201cNow, it\u2019s $6\u200c billion to Iran on the 22nd anniversary of 9\/11.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">President Biden can\u2019t seem to cut his habit of sending money to terrorists. First, it \u200bwas $400 million\u2063 to Iran in 2016 when he was VP. Now, it\u2019s $6\u200c billion to Iran on 22nd anniversary of 9\/11. \u2063This President is putting \u200ba price on \u2064American lives. \u2062Enough is enough. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TILtwBUEnT\">https:\/\/t.co\/TILtwBUEnT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tim Scott \u200c(@SenatorTimScott) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenatorTimScott\/status\/1701602233488695373?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 12, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Reportedly, Secretary\u200d of State\u2064 Antony Blinken approved \u2063a waiver \u200bto\u2064 international banks \u200blast week, allowing the movement of $6 billion \u2062in frozen Iranian funds \u200cfrom South Korea to\u200b Qatar. \u200bThe arrangement allows Iran\u200d to\u200d utilize the funds to purchase food, medicine, and other humanitarian supplies that \u2062are permitted under United States economic restrictions.<\/p>\n<p>According to a \u200csenior administration official, the\u200c deal \u200bis expected\u2062 to be completed this month. <\/p>\n<p>Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi\u2062 reportedly told the press that his government is deciding how they will spend the\u2062 money in previously frozen funds.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news blasts directly to your inbox for free. Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>After the Biden \u200cAdministration\u2019s\u2063 negotiations with Iran on releasing 5 hostages, members of\u200d the United\u200d States senate are speaking out, \u200dquestioning the \u200dwisdom of a deal which could encourage future attempts to take American hostages. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>45th President Donald Trump\u2019s legal team has filed a motion to\u200d recuse a D.C. judge \u2064presiding \u2064over the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamenar-judge-chutkan-should-recuse-herself-from-d-c-trump-case\/\" title=\"Kamenar urges Judge Chutkan to step down from D.C. Trump case.\">2020 alleged election interference case<\/a>. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>House\u200d Speaker Kevin McCarthy has directed an impeachment into President \u2063Joe Biden and will\u2064 look into \u200bif Biden benefited from his son Hunter\u2019s business dealings. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>South Carolina Congressman Ralph Norman says\u2062 he\u2019s expecting a\u200d shutdown once the government runs\u2063 out of money at the end of the fiscal year, later this month. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Huw Jones \u2063and Muvija M LONDON (Reuters) \u2013 A &#8220;national\u200d conversation&#8221; is needed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/1963-assassination-witness-raises-questions-about-jfk-magic-bullet-theory\/\" title=\"1963 JFK assassination witness questions 'magic bullet' theory.\">assuage public fears<\/a> that a digital\u2063 version\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>(Reuters) \u2013 Two Democratic and two Republican U.S.\u200c senators on Tuesday introduced legislation \u2064to \u200dban the use of artificial intelligence \u2062that creates\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Stephen Nellis \u200dCUPERTINO, California (Reuters) -Apple launched a new series of iPhones that included a new titanium\u200d shell, a faster chip\u2026\u2063 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Echo Wang NEW YORK (Reuters) -Arm, the chip designer owned by SoftBank Group Corp, received\u2063 enough backing from investors to secure\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GOP leaders criticized President Biden for his administration&#8217;s prisoner exchange with Iran. 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