by Nikki Schwab at The Daily Mail
Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy said Tuesday that Afghan interpreters could see a violent end if the U.S. doesn’t move to get them evacuated amid the pull-out, as Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell warned that Afghanistan was ‘unraveling.’
Leahy appeared on MSNBC Tuesday morning and talked about why he included funding to help Afghan refugees in a larger $3.7 billion emergency spending bill that also includes funding for the Capitol Police.
‘If they’re not given refugee status, we’re going to see pictures of them lined up against the wall and machine-gunned,’ the Vermont Democrat said, saying he feared violence at the hands of the Taliban. ‘That’s not an exaggeration.’…
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