Angelo Carusone, the president and CEO for Media Matters
for America, decided it was a good idea to attack the Americans
who are trapped in Kabul asking for help from Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR)
in order to leave Afghanistan in the aftermath of the Taliban taking
over the country.
Cotton told stranded Americans in a tweet to call a number or send
an email, "The situation is dire, but we’ll do everything in our power
to help keep you informed and to help get you out."
New York Times' Washington correspondent Maggie Haberman said
Cotton's spokesman said Americans in Kabul are unable to get to
Hamid Karzai International Airport, where last-minute evacuations are
taking place, because of Taliban checkpoints.
In response to the hectic situation, Carusone mocked the idea of
reaching out to a Senate office for help and that "they’d be better off
just calling NYC’s 311. I mean really. Tom Cotton."
The Washington Post reported "thousands of U.S. citizens
are trapped in and around Kabul with no ability to get to the airport."
One senior Senate GOP aide told WaPo they had been screaming at
the State Department about the issue of evacuating Americans for
months but they ignored the "sh*tshow everyone saw coming, and
they didn't do a damn thing about it until about 24 hours ago."
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