Remember when Ronald Reagan campaigned against Jimmy Carter on the Iran hostage crisis? His team reached out to Iran and asked them not to release the hostages before the election.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_October_Surprise_theory#:~:text=Sick%20wrote%20that%20in%20October,Israel%20to%20ship%20weapons%20to
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_October_Surprise_theory#:~:text=Sick%20wrote%20that%20in%20October,Israel%20to%20ship%20weapons%20to
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