Posted on 08/31/2021 12:17:26 PM PDT by Red Badger
Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) appeared on CNN to blame former President Trump for the botched withdrawal from Afghanistan. According to her, it’s been a tough process to get Afghans out of the country since Trump was in office. The senator called in from Honolulu.
“Let’s be clear, though, that there are a lot of Afghans who were applying for the special immigrant visas, and the Trump Administration slow walked these visas to the point where it was not even happening,” Hirono said. “So the development of a lot of our Afghan partners and their families who are not able to get out is not something that just happened overnight. This is a situation that was very much on, in my view, the Trump administration.”
In February of 2020, the former president had set the withdrawal date for May 1, 2021. It was a deal he’d struck with Taliban insurgents at the time.
“But we’re going to move forward and do everything we can to get all of these people out in the coming months and however long it’s going to take with partners across the world,” Hirono said.
Gen. McKenzie: In total, U.S. military and coalition aircraft combined to evacuate more than 123,000 civilians, which were all enabled by U.S. military service members, who were securing and operating the airfield. pic.twitter.com/94oyGY1nNB
— Department of Defense 🇺🇸 (@DeptofDefense) August 30, 2021 General Kenneth McKenzie confirmed Monday that over 123,000 civilians had been successfully evacuated.
Our military deserves our gratitude for their tremendous effort in evacuating more than 122,000 people from Afghanistan in just a few weeks. After the deadline, we need to use diplomatic, economic and other means to evacuate remaining U.S. citizens, Afghan partners, and others. pic.twitter.com/eHMVl1QOPU
— Senator Mazie Hirono (@maziehirono) August 30, 2021 After her segment on CNN, Hirono tweeted her gratitude for the U.S. military’s efforts in securing the airfield to allow all the evacuations. “Our military deserves our gratitude for their tremendous effort in evacuating more than 122,000 people from Afghanistan in just a few weeks,” she tweeted. “After the deadline, we need to use diplomatic, economic and other means to evacuate remaining U.S. citizens, Afghan partners, and others.”
The last member of the military was reportedly already left Afghanistan Monday.
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Who has the lowest IQ, Hirono, Waters, or Johnson?
Biden took over 7 months but it’s still Trump’s fault ,LOL
If Afghan allies got left behind because of a lack of paperwork, that's on Biden.
Crazie Mazie is off her meds again?
Millard Fillmore’s Fault!
Good question. All three are room temperature IQ’S...............
Believe it or not, this psychotic RAT BS has a good possibility of gaining traction. The Marxist Rats will try.
Are the people that stupid in Hawaii?
She must be the last person in the world who doesn’t know it was Ted Cruz’ father.
“Let’s be clear, though’
She lost me there.
That POS isn’t called Hazey for nothing.
Does Covid know it can cross party lines??
Yep - The embassy shut down due to COVID, which meant the in-person interviews could not occur. Definitely Trump’s fault.
Never mind that Biden scrapped all of the rational elements of the withdrawal plan devised by Trump, then did everything bass ackward just to spite the bad orange man!
Hirono is at best semi-intelligent.
“Who has the lowest IQ, Hirono, Waters, or Johnson?”
add up all their IQs and you still get a negative number.
“Who has the lowest IQ, Hirono, Waters, or Johnson?”
add up all their IQs and you still get a negative number.
Maybe just the ones who use coal tar for hair dye.
Though she’s a proven liar, and is probably lying again here, to a democrat, vetting a visa applicant for terrorist connections is considered “slow walking.” If there’s any real karma, many of those terrorists who have entered thanks to biden’s “fast walking” will take up residence near this Hawaiian idiot.
In January... And the heater’s busted!
Hirono is off her meds again. Somebody get some, quick.
Well...they did elect her, right?
Well...they did elect her, right?
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