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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRacist Illinois senator calls President Obama “drug dealer in chief”
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk says President Barack Obama was acting like the drug dealer in chief when his administration delivered $400 million in cash to Iran contingent on the release of American prisoners.
The Republican made the comment to The (Springfield) State Journal-Register editorial board last week, saying the president cant be giving clean packs of money to a state sponsor of terror.
Republicans have criticized the Obama administration after it acknowledged that the repayment of the money from a 1970s Iranian account was connected to a U.S.-Iranian prisoner exchange in January. The administration denies the money was ransom.
The comment is the latest by Kirk to raise eyebrows in his re-election campaign against Democratic U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth. A Duckworth spokesman accused Kirk of disgracefully insulting the president.
http://wqad.com/2016/08/22/illinois-senator-calls-president-obama-drug-dealer-in-chief/
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Racist Illinois senator calls President Obama “drug dealer in chief” (Original Post)
NCTraveler
Aug 2016
OP
Just feelin' his oats after Gabby Gifford's gun-control group endorsed him. Go easy.
Eleanors38
Aug 2016
#3
Many control groups see "one-issue" and one issue only. SEE: Bloomberg's active opposition
Eleanors38
Aug 2016
#7
longship
(40,416 posts)1. Kirk is screwn!
Go Tammy!
R&
Glamrock
(11,787 posts)2. Your thread title should read
Racist, soon-to-be ex-Senator......
Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)3. Just feelin' his oats after Gabby Gifford's gun-control group endorsed him. Go easy.
murielm99
(30,718 posts)4. Yes, I don't understand that at all.
Gabby should have known better, especially with Tammy Duckworth in the race.
I will be doing some GOTV for Tammy.
Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)7. Many control groups see "one-issue" and one issue only. SEE: Bloomberg's active opposition
...to Democrats which don't fit his mold.
spanone
(135,795 posts)5. fuck kirk. the hate from the republican party is irrational...it's racism
tenderfoot
(8,425 posts)6. Mark Kirk endorsed by the Human Rights Campaign over Tammy Ductworth
tritsofme
(17,371 posts)8. Mark Kirk is not a well man. He suffered a stroke a few years back
and has not been the same since. Regardless of politics, I really have to question his fitness for office.
murielm99
(30,718 posts)9. He missed an entire year of votes.
He was in physical therapy after his stroke.
Imagine if Tammy Duckworth had done that, due to her war-related injuries, or anything else!
It's okay if you are a Republican.