Oklahoma congressman threatened embassy staff as he tried to enter Afghanistan, U.S. officials say
Source: Washington Post
The call to the U.S. ambassador to Tajikistan came in Monday. On the line, two U.S. officials said, was Rep. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) with an unusual and urgent request: He needed assistance in transporting a huge amount of cash into the country, saying he was going to neighboring Afghanistan to rescue five American citizens, a woman and her four children, stuck in the country. They planned to hire a helicopter for the effort.
Mullin told the embassy that he planned to fly from Tblisi, Georgia, into Tajikistans capital, Dushanbe, in the next few hours and needed the top diplomats help, according to the two U.S. officials familiar with the incident, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to disclose private conversations about a sensitive matter.
The answer was no. Embassy officials told Mullin they could not assist him in skirting Tajikistans laws on cash limits on his way to visiting one of the most dangerous places on earth.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/mullin-afghanistan-trip/2021/08/31/62f63bb0-0a90-11ec-a256-709238a1404d_story.html
Unbelievable (if it had been someone else). If he gets there, I hope they keep him.
True Blue American
(17,972 posts)He had just finished a tirade about ending the war. Seth dont know nothin about that!
What was telling he said he felt lost in the House. He went to get his 15 minutes, that is all!
PatSeg
(46,804 posts)I think that sums it up quite well and I think his long game was to run for President some day. He might want to consider ditching politics and trying a new line of work.
Irish_Dem
(45,640 posts)EarthFirst
(2,877 posts)KatyaR
(3,445 posts)and then leave without him. He's worthless....
monkeyman1
(5,109 posts)SpankMe
(2,937 posts)Negotiating, bargaining, doing any business - quid pro quo stuff - with terrorists was something most conservatives used to abhor.
I guess the ends justify the means.
twodogsbarking
(9,308 posts)while he is there.