2 congressman who snuck to Kabul airport now reluctantly support Biden's Aug. 31 withdrawal date

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Reps. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) and Peter Meijer (R-Mich.) got a bipartisan rebuke Wednesday from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) for their 24-hour unauthorized trip to Kabul's international airport during the massive airlift of foreign nationals and the Afghans who assisted them. The Pentagon wasn't pleased, either.

"We actually apologized to people for showing up unexpected, and several people said, 'This is great, because we didn't have to do anything to prepare for it,'" Moulton told The New York Times in a joint interview with Meijer. And the trip changed their mind about President Biden's Aug. 31 deadline to withdraw U.S. forces, the two congressmen — both Iraq War veterans — told the Times.

"Almost every veteran in Congress wants to extend the Aug. 31 deadline, including us, and our opinion on that was changed on the ground, because we started the evacuations so late," Moulton said. "There's no way we can get everyone out, even by Sept. 11. So we need to have a working relationship with the Taliban after our departure. And the only way to achieve that is to leave by Aug. 31."

Moulton and Meijer "are clearly not happy with how Biden handled this," Politico reports. "But they were chastened enough by the facts on the ground to change their minds about the policy going forward — and they're now off Team 'Extend the Deadline.' There was a very different reaction from Reps. Anthony Gonzalez (R-Ohio) and Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.), who did not travel to Kabul, but on Wednesday night secured the backing of the 58-member House Problem Solvers Caucus to endorse an extension.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/2-congressman-snuck-kabul-airport-123451487.html

[Lovie777]

1. Ugh . .

I read that another plane with congresscrtters tried to land at the airport but was denied.

[tanyev]

5. Any word yet on who that was?

[quakerboy]

6. Im curious why they were able to get in

Like.. can anyone with a plane just go to kabul? Are there no restrictions? One would think you would need to have a valid reason to get in right about now

[chowder66]

2. Moulton and Meijer "are clearly not happy with how Biden handled this

I'm not happy that these two fucked with the flow in Afghanistan. Makes one wonder if anything they did deterred from what happened today.
If any of the Afghans who were killed today could have taken 2 of those seats.

[madaboutharry]

3. I hope another Democrat challenges Moulton in a primary

and wins. Moulton demonstrated he is immature, not very bright, and lacks the seriousness to serve in Congress.

His new statement further cements his status as a jerk. Another Democrat would better serve the people.

[Stinky The Clown]

4. Seth Moulton has eaten more of his own shit than anyone I can imagine

And how many times has Nancy Pelosi kicked his ass?

Wutta schmuck.