Rep. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) has supposedly gone missing after trying a rogue evacuation mission to save five American citizens that President Joe Biden’s administration left behind in Afghanistan.
According to the Washington Post, U.S. authorities are now “not sure of Mullin’s area” after he asked for aid from the U.S. Embassy in Tajikistan on Monday with his evacuation of a woman and her four children. From the report:
The call to the U.S. ambassador to Tajikistan came in Monday. On the line, 2 U.S. authorities said, was Rep. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) with an uncommon and urgent request: He needed support in carrying a big quantity of money into the nation, stating he was going to surrounding Afghanistan to save 5 American citizens, a female and her 4 kids, stuck in the country. They prepared to work with a helicopter for the effort.
Mullin told the embassy that he planned to fly from Tblisi, Georgia, into Tajikistan’s capital, Dushanbe, in the next few hours and needed the leading diplomat’s assistance, according to the 2 U.S. officials acquainted with the incident, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to disclose personal discussions about a delicate matter.
The answer was no. Embassy authorities informed Mullin they could not assist him in skirting Tajikistan’s laws on cash limitations on his way to checking out among the most unsafe places on earth.
Mullin was outraged by the reaction, the authorities stated– threatening U.S. ambassador John Mark Pommersheim and embassy personnel and demanding to understand the name of employee he was consulting with.
Mullin has actually given that gone missing since that extreme exchange, which came one week after he traveled to Greece where he requested authorization to travel to Kabul from the Department of Defense. Mullin’s demand for assistance in “an unauthorized evacuation effort” was denied, according to a Pentagon official.
“This is a sad day for our country,” Mullin stated in a declaration Monday night. “Americans have been stranded in Afghanistan by the Biden Administration and are now delegated protect themselves from terrorists overrunning the nation. One slogan of our armed force is ‘leave no guy behind.’ However today, that’s exactly what President Biden did.”
WASHINGTON, DC– AUGUST 31: U.S. President Joe Biden provides remarks on completion of the war in Afghanistan in the State Dining-room at the White House on August 31, 2021 in Washington, DC. The last American military aircraft removed from Hamid Karzai Airport a few minutes before midnight in Kabul, marking completion of U.S. military presence in Afghanistan considering that the intrusion following the attacks of September 11, 2001. (Image by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
In this image made through a night vision scope and offered by U.S. Central Command, Maj. Gen. Chris Donahue, leader of the U.S. Army 82nd Airborne Department, XVIII Airborne Corps, boards a C-17 cargo aircraft at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Aug. 30, 2021, as the final American service member to depart Afghanistan. (U.S. Central Command via AP)
Mullin’s workplace did not react to the Post’s request for remark regarding his whereabouts. Unlike Reps. Seth Moulton (D-MA) and Peter Meijer (R-MI), who embarked on their own secret see to Afghanistan, the 44-year-old Mullin did not serve in the U.S. armed force. More on his background, according to the Washington Post:
Mullin, 44, matured in Stilwell, Okla., where he was a standout wrestler and earned a scholarship to Missouri Valley College. Injuries hindered his athletic profession, and at age 20, he took over his daddy’s pipes company. He was likewise briefly a professional mixed martial arts fighter, and after being elected to Congress in 2012, he ended up being known on the Hill for leading intense workout classes. A member of the conservative Republican Study Committee, Mullin voted against the accreditation of the 2020 election results.
Both Home Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) have warned lawmakers versus taking a trip to Afghanistan.
“I do not think it’s smart for others to go,” McCarthy stated after the Moulton, Meijer trip. “You’re putting yourself– not simply yourself, but you’re putting Americans– in damage’s way, if the armed force needs to protect you, which they will do.”
UPDATE:
Remarkable brand-new statement from Congressman Mullin’s workplace does not mention where he presently is however states he is “safe” and “will continue to do anything … to bring house all Americans from the war zone” … “We have no further remark” pic.twitter.com/F31Zewz0PG
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