There are moments in this country’s history were it’s time to put away the politics and actually cheer things. Such was the case when Osama Bin Laden was killed in 2011 or when the Berlin Wall came tumbling down. Last night was another one of those moments when three American hostages who were held for years in North Korea were released and arrived late at night back on American soil at Andrews Airforce Base. Unfortunately, that’s not the case. Chuck Schumer basically threw a tantrum over the fact three American hostages returned home safely and not like Otto Warmbier. Schumer is also BFFs with woman beater Eric Schneiderman, so maybe ole Cryin’ Chuck is just having a bad week or something.
Schumer whined about how these three hostages were “bargaining chips” or something, forgetting release that his pal Hussein Obama refused to secure the release of. Anyone remember Robert Levinson? Obama and Kerry gave Iran billions of dollars in cash, yet failed secure Levinson’s release? Iran still is using Levinson as a “bargaining chip” as Schumer calls it to this day.
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Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said on Wednesday that he was “delighted” that three Americans are being released by North Korea but warned the Trump administration against linking the individuals to broader negotiations.
“We cannot forget: No regime has the right to hold American citizens in captivity without cause, and under no circumstances should American citizens be viewed as bargaining chips,” Schumer said on the Senate floor.
Trump announced on Twitter on Wednesday morning that Kim Dong-chul, Tony Kim and Kim Hak-song, three American citizens who were imprisoned on charges of espionage or other anti-state activities against North Korea, were traveling back to the U.S. with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.