Biden accused of rejecting request to meet family of Trevor Reed, Marine veteran held captive in Russia

A Texas congressman known as it “disappointing” that President Biden didn’t meet with the household of a Marine veteran from his district who’s imprisoned in Russia, after the household’s request for a presidential assembly was reportedly denied. 

Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, blasted the president over reviews that he wouldn’t be assembly with the household of Trevor Reed, a Marine veteran who’s being held prisoner by the Kremlin.

“It could be arduous to seek out two higher individuals for President Biden to satisfy with in Texas than the mother and father of U.S. Marine veteran Trevor Reed, who has been unlawfully detained in Russia for over 930 days,” Pfluger stated.

FAMILY OF MARINE VETERAN IN RUSSIAN PRISON ‘DISHEARTENED’ AT BEING DENIED VISIT WITH BIDEN

“Final yr, each chambers of Congress handed my bipartisan, bicameral decision calling for Trevor’s instant launch and urging the administration to make use of all means essential to safe his launch,” Pfluger continued. “It’s disappointing that President Biden wouldn’t meet with Trevor’s household.”

“I urge him to rethink this choice and meet with Paula and Joey Reed instantly,” he added.

Pfluger additionally tweeted concerning the snub, which noticed Biden deny a gathering request from Reed’s household.

Joey and Paula Reed with a portrait of their son, Marine veteran and Russian prisoner Trevor Reed, at their house in Fort Price, Texas, Feb. 15, 2022.
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Republican Sen. John Cornyn of Texas additionally joined his Lone Star State colleague in slamming the Biden administration, saying they “should do extra to free Individuals held hostage in Russia. President Biden assembly with the Reed household whereas in Texas on a day he’s touting the significance of caring for our veterans can be a welcome begin.” 

Reed, a U.S. Marine veteran, is reportedly struggling well being points in a Russian jail. His mother and father had been denied a go to with Biden as bilateral relations between Washington and Moscow proceed to erode.

Fort Price, Texas, residents Joey and Paula Reed joined “Fox & Associates First” to debate their son’s imprisonment and the way they had been “disheartened” by the White Home’s choice given the severity of their son’s circumstances.

President Joe Biden speaks concerning the COVID-19 vaccination program from the White Home campus on July 6, 2021.
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“We’re very disheartened about it and we … clearly want we simply had a few minutes to speak to him,” Joey Reed instructed co-host Carley Shimkus. “Our son protected [Biden] at Camp David when he was vp.”

The couple stated their son has been coughing up blood “all day lengthy” every day and has been denied medical remedy. 

Biden can be in Dallas on Tuesday, however the pair stated they had been instructed there was not sufficient time in his schedule for a go to.

The White Home didn’t reply to Fox Information Digital’s request for remark.

Fox Information Digital’s Bailee Hill contributed reporting.