Former UN Ambassador and GOP presidential hopeful Nikki Haley has joined a chorus of Republicans accusing Iran of funding a terror attack against Israel despite there being no evidence to support their claims.
Republicans have been pushing the narrative as a way to tie the attack in Israel to Joe Biden.
Their claim goes like this: Joe Biden gave Iran $6bn to facilitate a prisoner exchange; Iran then used that money to fund Hamas's Saturday attack on Israel that left hundreds dead and wounded.
NBC News' Kristen Welker challenged that narrative during an interview on Sunday with Ms Haley on Meet the Press.
Earlier in the show, Secretary of State Antony Blinken assured the public that the money given to Iran in the prisoner swap was frozen, and has remained frozen, until Iran withdraws it for use in humanitarian endeavors.
Ms Welker asked Ms Haley if she thought it was irresponsible for her primary rivals to push the theory that Mr Biden and the US taxpayers indirectly funded the attack based on nothing more than a vague feeling that it might have happened.
Ms Haley said Mr Blinken's earlier comments were irresponsible, not her colleagues' speculation.
“I actually think it was irresponsible for Secretary Blinken to say that the $6 billion doesn’t weigh in here,” Ms Haley answered. “Let’s be honest with the American people, and understand that Hamas knows, and Iran knows, they’re moving money around as we speak, because they know $6 billion is going to be released. That’s the...
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