R Street Hostage Crisis (Mercbl)

The R street hostage crisis was the name given to the kidnapping of Minnesota senator Amy Klobuchar and Colorado senator Micheal Bennet by members of the group Rabitat Muslimi 'Iifriqia Al'Ahrar (RMIAA). The two senators were both abducted from near Capitol Hill early in the morning of the 6th of June 2031 and were taken hostage in the Nigerien embassy in DC. Each senator was taken hostage by a group of three armed men who drove them both to the embassy where the leader of the group, 49 year old Nigerien national Noël Bain was waiting for them. The two senators would remain in the embassy for 10 days with a large police force outside the embassy before they were killed by their captors in a botched rescue attempt. This incident, and the Reynolds administration's handling of it was a major factor in the True Progressive and Democratic parties agreeing to have a joint ticket in the 2032 Presidential Election (Mercbl), and therefore Reynolds' subsequent defeat.