As the war in Israel heats up, with Israel mobilizing troops in seeming readiness to invade the Gaza Strip while also defending its norther border from Hezbollah, American citizens are trying to get out of the active warzone. Unfortunately, not all of those Americans in need of help to escape are getting it from the Biden Administration, one GOP representative claims.
That would be Rep. Cory Mills, who appeared on the Wednesday broadcast of Fox News Channel’s “America Reports” and discussed what he is doing to get Americans out of the embattled nation and how he sees the Biden Administration as having failed those desperate souls.
Speaking about that, Rep. Mills led off by saying that Team Biden has failed yet again, in his view, saying, “I went in and was very thankful to be able to get — for the second time by the way, I’ll just add, helping the Biden administration — who has failed to do their job.”
Continuing, he backtracked to the first time he had to get involved and help, the 2021 disaster in Afghanistan, and connected that to today’s crisis in Israel. He said, “The first time I did it was in 2021, when I conducted the very first successful overland rescue of Americans, but here it is, the second time doing the Biden administration’s work, because they have no plan, they have no strategy to get these Americans out who are trapped and these church groups that had been left behind.”
Adding to that, he described how he worked with a pastor to help a church group get out of Israel and deal with the logistics of the situation, saying, “I’d worked with one of the pastors in this church group as well as for a couple of isolated individuals that were stuck in these areas. They had tried to get on multiple flights, their flights were canceled, they felt they were kind of being boxed in as some of the aggression around them started to increase and really were just looking for an answer, looking for a way out.”
He added that some of those who needed help weren’t getting it from the Biden State Department, saying, “A couple of them had called the State Department and really didn’t get a whole lot of support. And so, at that stage, I just felt it was necessary for me to step in and try and do something.”
He then explained the root of the failure, saying, “Our government doesn’t necessarily define who we are as Americans. I think that the American spirit’s very much alive and I think standing up and stepping in is really what these people were looking for, and I hope that them being home now or them actually getting out and [being] in a safe space has given them confidence that Americans won’t be left behind and that at least those of us who are elected officials will stand up when it’s needed.”
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Mills posted about the matter on X (formerly Twitter) as well, saying, “Since the Biden admin has failed to do their job once again, I’ve stepped in to rescue Americans stranded in war-torn Israel. In 2021, I was part of the team that conducted the first successful overland rescue mission of Americans from Afghanistan after the withdrawal of U.S. troops. Against all odds, our team saved four American citizens, even with the Biden administration working against our efforts. While this admin has a record of leaving Americans behind, I refuse to be a part of their reckless inaction.”
Since the Biden admin has failed to do their job once again, I've stepped in to rescue Americans stranded in war-torn Israel.
In 2021, I was part of the team that conducted the first successful overland rescue mission of Americans from Afghanistan after the withdrawal of U.S.… pic.twitter.com/2S1RDqAjWp
— Rep. Cory Mills 🇺🇸 (@RepMillsPress) October 11, 2023
Rep. Mills also retweeted a post from Rep. Mike Waltz, who posted a picture of Rep. Mills with the church group and said, “Americans church groups are trapped in a war zone and State Department isn’t picking up the phones. Once again veterans like @CoryMillsFL are stepping up to do the Biden Admin’s job.”
Americans church groups are trapped in a war zone and State Department isn’t picking up the phones.
Once again veterans like @CoryMillsFL are stepping up to do the Biden Admin’s job. pic.twitter.com/kHpx21YO0h
— Rep. Mike Waltz (@michaelgwaltz) October 11, 2023
Featured image credit: Rep. Mike Waltz Twitter
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