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With the Biden administration abandoning hundreds of Americans and our allies to be victimized in Afghanistan and reports that the State Department was hampering efforts to get them out, they desperately needed some good press. And ABC’s World News Tonight was more than willing to help them steal credit for getting a Texas mother and her three kids over the border to a neighboring country. But the surprising tag team of Fox News and CNN Prime Time host Chris Cuomo shot down the State Department.
“Secretary [of State] Blinken joining Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin in Qatar, promising he will work around the clock to assure Americans are able to leave,” boasted ABC chief global affairs correspondent Martha Raddatz.
Adding: “And tonight, more details on this Texas mother and her three children who escaped Afghanistan overland with help from the State Department and a nonprofit. Oklahoma Congressman Markwayne Mullin says they traveled 300 miles, through 20 Taliban checkpoints, at each one, paying $500 to $4,000 per person.”
But while Raddatz tried to use Congressman Mullin (R) to support the State Department’s suggestion they deserved credit, Cuomo played a soundbite of him tearing them apart for making it harder for the family.
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