‘Sit the hell down and shut up': Montel Williams blasts critics of Iran prisoner swap
News that Iran freed Washington Post journalist Jason Rezaian and three other Iranian Americans as part of a prisoner swap on Saturday was greeted with cheers by many Americans. But some Republican presidential candidates and other critics of President Obama have found fault with it, prompting a message from Navy veteran and television personality Montel Williams: “Sit the hell down and shut up.”
Williams has advocated regularly for another one of the American prisoners released, Amir Hekmati, 32, a Marine Corps veteran who was taken prisoner in Iran while visiting the country in 2011. Iranian officials accused him of being a spy, but his family has maintained that he was there visiting his grandmother.
A series of tweets from Williams made it clear he thinks politics should wait:
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Beyond inappropriate for Republican candidates to criticize a deal to release hostages before they are home. Sit the hell down and shut up.
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