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D'OH! If State Dept's John Kirby didn't want to admit a ransom was paid to Iran, he failed BIG TIME

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Remember when President Obama and the State Department said this earlier in the month?


https://twitter.com/passantino/status/766360683663417344
https://twitter.com/passantino/status/766364037265227776

The White House insisted the $400 million payment to Iran as four U.S. citizens were being released wasn’t a ransom and was just coincidental timing. But according to State Dept. Spokesman John Kirby today, the exchange was the textbook definition of “ransom”:

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Roll tape:

https://twitter.com/cerenomri/status/766361604363472896

Sure sounds like a ransom to us!

https://twitter.com/RepKevinYoder/status/766369877506551809

But it’s all the media’s fault, or something:

So, in short:

https://twitter.com/GovMatt/status/766361914918182912

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