“It’s as moronic as it is selfish,” one senior administration official reportedly said
Rep. Seth Moulton speaks to the media on the fall of Afghanistan on August 17. Photo: MediaNews Group via Getty Images As the State Department and Pentagon focus their efforts on evacuating Americans and vulnerable Afghans out of Kabul, two congressmen admitted to sneaking into the Afghan capital early on Tuesday morning.
The Washington Post first reported that Massachusetts Democrat Seth Moulton and Michigan Republican Peter Meijer arrived unannounced at the Hamid Karzai International Airport on a chartered flight around 4 a.m. local time. The visit by the two veterans, which was not authorized as a congressional fact-finding mission, reportedly “served as a distraction for military and civilian staffers attempting to carry out frenzied rescue efforts,” according to officials familiar with the trip.
The trip by Moulton and Meijer enraged some officials at the State Department, the Pentagon, and in the White House. “It’s as moronic as it is selfish,” one senior administration official told the Post. “They’re taking seats away from Americans and at-risk Afghans — while putting our diplomats and service members at greater risk — so they can have a moment in front of the cameras.
Moulton and Meijer have been critical in public of the evacuation, while Moulton has reportedly discussed in private whether or not Biden should fire national security adviser Jake Sullivan, who warned Sunday that the threat of an attack on the Kabul airport by Islamic State is “real”and “acute.
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