Posted on 08/25/2021 4:46:24 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
A “cohort” of Republican and Democrat House members reportedly intend to help extract evacuees from Afghanistan.
“Multiple sources tell Fox that there is a cohort of House members, from both sides of the aisle, who are either trying to go to Afghanistan or intend to go to Afghanistan to help evacuate people,” a Fox reporter tweeted.
“This comes despite an urging by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) not to do so,” he added.
Pelosi issued a statement to that effect Tuesday:
Member travel to the Afghanistan and the surrounding countries would unnecessarily divert needed resources from the priority mission of safely and expeditiously evacuating America and Afghans at risk from Afghanistan. [sic]
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As we pray for the safety of Americans, our allies and our Afghan partners on the ground, the Congress continues to work with the Administration to advance stability and security in Afghanistan during this devastating time.
Pelosi’s statement came the same day Reps. Seth Moulton (D-MA) and Peter Meijer (R-MI) reported they had traveled to Kabul to inspect President Biden’s deadly evacuation.
“After talking with commanders on the ground and seeing the situation here, it is obvious that because we started the evacuation so late, that no matter what we do, we won’t get everyone out on time, even by September 11,” the congressmen said in a statement.
Moulton and Meijer also said they evacuated Kabul “on a plane with empty seats, seated in crew-only seats to ensure that nobody who needed a seat would lose one because of our presence.”
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Fox reporting that all Americans should leave the airport. New Zealand reports an attack might be imminent.
so Nancy is in charge of this disaster
If the Taliban shell the runway then this farce is over and it becomes a massacre.
How many US troops are still in the box? If the airport is destroyed thru shelling, will joe wake up from his nap in time to surrender again?
I’m shocked a departing flight has not been shot down YET.
Take Trump’s plane.
The only way a democrat can help is to resign; then find a bridge. To jump off of.
They caused this. It is too late for “I’m sorry.™
“...The only way a democrat can help is to resign; then find a bridge. To jump off of...”
The whole darn RAT party should be completely banned and outlawed in the USA.
They’re AINOs; American In Name Only
They don’t need to. They can just destroy the runway, or block it with junk, or boulders, or even human shields. They have plenty of hostages they can force onto the runway.
Give them guns and send them. Good luck.
These ‘cohort’ dopes are trying to go there and force a change in Biden’s deadline as if that would solve everything. The Taliban hold all the cards and the congresscritters will be killed along with the people they are trying to save.
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