Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said over the weekend that the only way to get the American hostages released from Hamas captivity inside Gaza is to start targeting infrastructure that the Islamic Republic of Iran values.
Graham made the remarks during a Sunday interview with Jonathan Karl on ABC News’ “This Week” while discussing the six hostages — including one U.S. citizen, 23-year-old Hersh Goldberg-Polin — who were discovered on Sunday after being murdered by Hamas.
Graham said that he was “heartbroken,” “devastated,” and “mad” in response to the news that the six hostages — who had been held for approximately 11 months after Hamas’ unprecedented October 7 terrorist attack.
He said that Goldberg-Polin’s parents “have done everything in their power to help their son be released from captivity.”
“After 11 months of captivity he was murdered by Hamas,” he said. “Hamas could care less about the hostages or the Palestinians. And if you want the hostages home, which we all do, you have to increase the cost to Iran. Iran is the great Satan here. Hamas is the junior partner. They’re barbaric, religious nazis, Hamas. They could care less about the Palestinian people.”
“I would urge the Biden administration and Israel to hold Iran accountable for the fate of remaining hostages and put on the target list oil refineries in Iran if the hostages are not released,” he continued.
After Karl acted as a spokesperson for the Biden-Harris administration, claiming that they promised that Hamas would “pay for these crimes”, Graham fired back: “What are they going to pay? I mean, what’s the price?”
“I mean, they destroyed a lot of Gaza. They put their own people in harm’s way. The – Hamas could care less about – about the Palestinian people,” he continued. “Mr. President, Bibi, if you want to really change things when it comes to the hostages, tell the Ayatollah what he values is on the target list. Until that happens, nobody’s coming home.”
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