WASHINGTON – He’s trading the Jordan River for Jim Jordan.
Rep. Cory Mills is back on Capitol Hill to help his party select a new House speaker after flying 77 Americans out of Israel through neighboring Jordan during a two-day visit, the Post told The Post. Thursday.
On Tuesday, Mills (R-Fla.) read a Post report highlighting the plight of Silver Prout, an American trapped in Israel with a California-based church group who had been on a tour of the Holy Land when the terrorist group Hamas attacked the Jewish state. on October 7.
The account was one of several Mills had heard about American citizens trapped in a war zone after major airlines suspended flights to and from Israel.
“I immediately left DC and with an hour’s notice I decided I could no longer sit and do nothing,” Mills said.
“…I campaigned on the fact that I wanted to be a statesman who acts, and not a politician who talks.”
Rep. Cory Mills is back on Capitol Hill to help his party select a new House speaker after leading 77 Americans out of Israel via neighboring Jordan during a two-day visit.X / Cory Mills
Despite a lingering leadership crisis in the House after former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) was ousted on Oct. 3, Mills used his former Army experience to fly to Jordan on Tuesday, cross into Israel by land and take out his compatriots.
“I feel like I’ll be back just in time for the vote, too; I’m not going to miss it,” said Mills, who is supporting Jordan (R-Ohio) in the speaker race.
“God put me exactly where I was supposed to be, which is to help these people as much as I can.”
On Tuesday, Mills (R-Fla.) read a Post report highlighting the plight of Silver Prout, an American trapped in Israel with a California-based church group who had been on a tour of the Holy Land when the terrorist group Hamas attacked the Jewish state. on October 7. REUTERS
It was especially important to take action, Mills said, after having helped rescue Americans and allies the Biden administration left behind in Afghanistan in the chaotic withdrawal from Kabul in August 2021.
“I literally tried to do this from start to finish to make sure that they know, number one, that they are going to be taken care of and that they are not going to be left behind or forgotten by their own government,” he said.
“I couldn’t care less what district they’re from, if they can vote for me, if they’re Democrat or Republican… these are Americans who wanted to come home.”
The account was one of several Mills had heard about American citizens trapped in a war zone after major airlines suspended flights to and from Israel.REUTERS
Hours after The Post published Prout’s story, Mills was on his way to meet her, crossing Jordan into Israel, a country he had never visited before, in a taxi.
On Wednesday, Prout became the first of 32 Americans Mills got out of Israel by coordinating with his contacts in the region, footing the bill for a bus that would take the group to hotels in Jordan, from where they could book flights home.
“I will be forever grateful to Congressman Mills for the way he saw my story and selflessly jumped into action, literally walked into a war and personally evacuated me,” Prout told The Post on Thursday.
Despite a lingering leadership crisis in the House after former Speaker Kevin McCarthy was ousted on Oct. 3, Mills used his former military experience to fly to Jordan on Tuesday, cross into Israel by land and get his compatriots.X / Cory Mills
“While our administration did not put Americans first, it showed the world what it means to be a true public servant who cares about his people.”
“He is a hero and a total badass who saved many lives and our nation is lucky to have him as a leader,” he added.
On Thursday, Mills took 45 more Americans out of Israel, something he said he felt “blessed” to be able to do.
It was especially important to take action, Mills said, after having helped rescue Americans and allies the Biden administration left behind in Afghanistan during the chaotic withdrawal from Kabul in August 2021. AFP via Getty Images
“My question is: If I, alone, in a country I have never been to in my life, can go and coordinate and get 77 Americans out in two days, how is it possible that all the power of the government and the president himself from the United States Has the United States not released a single one? he told The Post.
Frustrated by the Biden administration’s lack of action and with the House still without a speaker, Mills has decided he must return to Washington and try to help more Americans from the Capitol.
“’I haven’t missed anything [by being in Israel], In fact. They also keep fighting,” she said.
On Wednesday, Prout became the first of 32 Americans Mills got out of Israel by coordinating with his contacts in the region, footing the bill for a bus that would take the group to hotels in Jordan, from where they could book flights home. Cory Mills
“What I am sure of is that we got 77 Americans safely out of Israel and back home; that was worth every membership meeting I’ve ever had.”
After National Security Council spokesman John Kirby’s announcement Thursday that the United States would begin chartering flights from Israel for Americans there, Mills feels more confident that his mission will continue once he leaves.
Still, he said more work needs to be done to help others left in Israel as it fights its first declared war in 50 years, calling it a “joke” that the Biden administration is chartering planes “only after Americans are giving a “step up and do these things.” rescues on his own.”
“By the time I get back, I hope we will have united around a good, strong Conservative leader (and I can) cast my vote, happily do my job as an elected representative of the people and we can get back to work. ” he said.
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