Republican senator calls Obama ‘drug dealer-in-chief’
Illinois Senator Mark Kirk likens President Obama to a drug dealer by mischaracterizing the $400 payment to Iran.
Click here for reuse options!Kirk’s controversial rhetoric has been an issue as the first-term senator is viewed as perhaps the most vulnerable Republican incumbent nationally this fall. He is being challenged by two-term Democratic U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth of Hoffman Estates.
The latest eyebrow-raising comment came as he spoke last week to a Downstate newspaper. Kirk echoed GOP criticism that the U.S. cash payment of $400 million to Iran was a ransom for the release of American prisoners held by the country.
The money was part of a previously announced settlement in a case stemming from money owed since 1979. The U.S. has had a long-standing policy of not paying ransom for hostages, and the Obama administration described the payment as “leverage” for the release of U.S. prisoners.
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Suzanne McFly August 22nd, 2016 at 09:44
That was just a racist dig, his metaphor does not make any sense or apply to anything that occurred. In his mind, a black man and drugs are two things that always go together. I tried to show more graphs, but the other ones wouldn’t load, they were too big (I call BS). This is a good story that shows visuals of who smokes weed and who is arrested, shocker, its the black people who are arrested even though more whites smoke it. Look at fig 10, it shows the arrest rates among black/white people due to marijuana. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2013/06/04/the-blackwhite-marijuana-arrest-gap-in-nine-charts/
Carla Akins August 22nd, 2016 at 17:12
I wholeheartedly agree, I was floored when I heard the quote.
fahvel August 22nd, 2016 at 09:50
are creeps like this just fkn batshit insane or are they simply stupid?? or possibly both?
granpa.usthai August 22nd, 2016 at 09:52
the entire world knows that POTUS Reagan (R) holds the record for drug smuggling/trade for hostages bar none!
Pablo Escobar, September, 1983 – max. shipment 72.58 tons/month.
Ronald Reagan, October, 1983 – 225 tons/8 flights/day/31 days = 55,800 tons.
a record that even today holds top place, even after 33 years!
Mensa Member August 22nd, 2016 at 10:10
This bomb thrower is a senator for goodness sake.
Remember this the next time you hear someone say, “both sides are the same.”
mistlesuede August 22nd, 2016 at 10:15
It is pretty pathetic that a US Senator does not understand the difference between the use of leverage and “ransom.”
It looks like his lack of experience on any committees regarding foreign relations has just left him a nasty person that is a bit green with envy for the man from his state who is now POTUS.
Roctuna August 22nd, 2016 at 11:53
Oh I think he understands. He’s just a craven pol who saw a chance to take a cheap shot in front of an audience that didn’t know the difference.
mistlesuede August 22nd, 2016 at 11:57
Or don’t want to know the difference.
ohpaleasegivemeabreak August 22nd, 2016 at 17:06
More like he took a shot in front of an audience who do not ever want to hear anything that does not validate their irrational hatred and other psychosis.
Bunya August 22nd, 2016 at 13:40
Mark Kirk is facing some pretty stiff competition with Tammy Duckworth. I think she’ll beat him handily in November.
Dcbos August 22nd, 2016 at 14:49
DoneKirk.
Mike August 22nd, 2016 at 15:45
Where’s the part about drugs …???
bpollen August 22nd, 2016 at 16:25
Dammit, it’s the debunkers and fact-checkers and gubmint that are wrong! It’s a ransom!