Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) doubled down over the weekend on his recent remarks that President Joe Biden had blood on his hands with respect to the terrorist attacks in Israel two weeks ago after he agreed to unfreeze $6 billion in Iranian assets.
Scott made the remarks during an interview with ABC News’s “This Week” with co-host Jonathan Karl on Sunday while discussing the U.S. posture in the region and Biden’s recent Oval Office speech where he called for a large spending package for Ukraine and Israel.
The presidential candidate said he thought that it was important to place blame for the attacks on where it belongs: Iran.
“We need to send the clearest message that if we see the death of more Americans, that that is on the shoulders, frankly, and in the hands of Iran,” he said. “We need to deal with Hamas and Hezbollah by giving Israel the resources, the equipment. They already have the manpower. They’ve called up 360,000 troops. But fighting a war on two different…