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Biden draws criticism from fellow Democrats over deadly Afghanistan withdrawal
Washington Examiner via Yahoo ^ | 8/16/21 | Kerry Picket

Posted on 08/16/2021 5:49:29 PM PDT by Libloather

Congressional Democrats aren't sparing a president from their own party of criticism over the chaotic U.S. evacuation of Afghanistan as the Taliban seized control of the country and images of fleeing Afghans at Kabul's airport surfaced worldwide.

“There’s no way to hide it. The situation in Afghanistan is another shame on this admin. Withdrawal was never going to be easy but it didn’t need to come to this,” Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, a Texas Democrat and a Foreign Affairs Committee member, tweeted on Sunday. “The US must do everything in its power to help our partners & allies to safety & protect our national security.”

The Texas Democrat, first elected in 2016, was not alone in his criticism of President Joe Biden's administration on the Afghanistan U.S. troop withdrawal. The move ends a 20-year stay in Afghanistan following the Sept. 11 attacks.

Rep. Seth Moulton, a Massachusetts Democrat and a member of the Armed Services Committee, released a statement on Sunday ripping the administration over its evacuation efforts in Afghanistan.

“To say that today is anything short of a disaster would be dishonest," said Moulton, a retired Marine Corps officer who served four tours of duty in Iraq. "Worse, it was avoidable. The time to debate whether we stay in Afghanistan has passed, but there is still time to debate how we manage our retreat. For months, I have been calling on the Administration to evacuate our allies immediately - not to wait for paperwork, for shaky agreements with third countries, or for time to make it look more ‘orderly.'"

Fellow Armed Services Committee member Rep. Ruben Gallego, an Arizona Democrat, went on a Twitter rant calling for transportation to move Afghan refugees out of the country.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; History; Local News
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; biden; democrats; withdrawal
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To: Libloather

21 posted on 08/16/2021 6:20:26 PM PDT by TChad (The MSM, having nuked its own credibility, is now bombing the rubble.)
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To: Libloather

It is with a heavy heart that I come to you tonight...


22 posted on 08/16/2021 6:20:33 PM PDT by bray (Hating Whites is racist)
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To: Libloather

Many women aren’t able to work or attend school. They are forced to stay home most of the time. Healthcare decisions are being made for them. And if they leave home, they are required to cover their faces…

Is this the Taliban in Afghanistan or Democrat leaders in America?— John LeFevre (@JohnLeFevre) August 17, 2021


23 posted on 08/16/2021 6:21:46 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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To: Flavious_Maximus

“Biden and the coup plotters wanted the Afghanistan withdrawal to take place during the Mike Lindell Symposium.”

And when they realized the timing want right for that, they ordered Cuomo to take one for the team and resign the first day of the Symposium. That was good for a few days of distraction in the MSM.


24 posted on 08/16/2021 6:23:20 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam (While the foundations are being destroyed, what are the righteous doing?)
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To: CatOwner
wound tight

When the parings from a Spokeshave are wound tight

You are in deep do-do.

25 posted on 08/16/2021 6:27:12 PM PDT by spokeshave (White Confederate statue kills black man......Another month of protests.... (HT to seawolf101))
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To: Grampa Dave

Notice they put a few with burkas up front for the photo op.


26 posted on 08/16/2021 6:30:24 PM PDT by spokeshave (White Confederate statue kills black man......Another month of protests.... (HT to seawolf101))
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To: Libloather

https://twitter.com/ReidFirm/status/1427362138776035329

Unfortunately it’s believable.


27 posted on 08/16/2021 6:32:27 PM PDT by Aria
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To: cgbg

Bingo.


28 posted on 08/16/2021 6:36:47 PM PDT by sauropod (Time is like quicksilver, smearing the years... - Bill Nelson)
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To: Libloather

Did our planet leave orbit and go into Bizarro World?


29 posted on 08/16/2021 6:36:48 PM PDT by Az Joe (FREE CHAUVIN!)
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To: Libloather

Why weren’t all Americans removed a month ago?


30 posted on 08/16/2021 6:37:29 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Libloather
Over at Bloomberg there is an article from today titled 'Biden’s Approval Rating Takes Its First Little Dip'.  They say the Fall of Kabul has had no effect on Biden's approval numbers.;

What can be said to that? These are the numbers that you get if you are just making it all up.

Maybe articles author Jonathan 'Baghdad Bob' Bernstein forgot that propaganda is supposed to be at least a little believable.

Here is how a rational, honest reporter would describe the Biden Regime today:

Taking a Texas cakewalk (on the way to a hanging)
Tango Uniform (AKA "Tits up")
Put To Bed With A Shovel
Pining for the fjords
Murder Death Kill (MDK)
A Norwegian Blue Parrot
Fragged
Worm bait
On the wrong side of the grass
Kicked the bucket
Pushing up daisies
Taking a Dirt Nap
Curtains
Just Got Stamped “Return To Sender”
On The Unable To Breathe List
Wearing A Toe Tag
Six feet under
Belly Up
Deader Than A Doornail
Done For
Kicked The Oxygen Habit
The Big Nap
Winning One For The Reaper
Worm Food
Breathed its last
Definitely Done Dancing
Immortally Challenged
Dead as a dodo
Bit The Dust
Bought The Farm
Flatlined
Tending Towards A State Of Chemical Equilibrium
At Room Temperature

The Biden Administration is DOA.

31 posted on 08/16/2021 6:37:57 PM PDT by WMarshal (The Pleasant American )
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To: Libloather

I ain’t that stoopid. This is a trick. Democrats are taught to lie their *sses off in order to spin bad news into good news.

My head hurts trying to figure out what I’m supposed to think, just so I can know the truth... which is always the exact opposite of what they are saying.

You gettin what I’m puttin down?


32 posted on 08/16/2021 6:40:56 PM PDT by Sir Bangaz Cracka (Slamming dat white cracka'a head into dat sidewalk causin he be scared)
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To: Sacajaweau

Do we know for certain they weren’t removed?


33 posted on 08/16/2021 6:48:36 PM PDT by Leep (Save America. Lock down Joe Biden!)
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To: Grampa Dave

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1427392532519038978

Joe Lonsdale
@JTLonsdale
·
3h
“An Afghani interpreter I have come to know well over the years was hung in the streets last night. They melted his DoD ID into his chest. Cut off his arms. And killed his family.

His 10 year old daughter was spared and handed off to leadership.”

(From a note to my friend)

.

That’s on you joe biden, punk.


34 posted on 08/16/2021 6:49:28 PM PDT by cuz1961 (USCGR Veteran )
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To: Jumper

I love that description and detail like it was yesterday. I have so many of the same type of scenarios when I was in the Army.


35 posted on 08/16/2021 7:03:10 PM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: blueunicorn6

“..Anybody feel better knowing Biden took off again after his speech?
Anybody?..”

Hmmmm....maybe the local ice cream stand???
Other than that....nope, nada, zip....nobody.


36 posted on 08/16/2021 7:05:56 PM PDT by lgjhn23 (Pray for America....)
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To: Libloather

The stupid, commie, RAT bassturds were so totally filled with nothing but blind hatred of Trump to the point where they tried to destroy everything the man did....including a carefully planned safe withdrawal. They politicized it to the point of destroying a carefully crafted plan. Now, it’s come back to bite em right square in the azz....big time.
THEY OWN IT and everybody knows it. They can no longer fool anybody.


37 posted on 08/16/2021 7:12:10 PM PDT by lgjhn23 (Pray for America....)
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To: Libloather

F the Rats, they all own it, they don’t get to squirm away now. You broke it, you bought it, bitches!


38 posted on 08/16/2021 7:13:05 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Libloather

This thing is not going well. They are genuinely caught by surprise. The Saigon optics are just too much. I’m sure they are getting their messaging together, but the damage is done. Biden is a failed President.


39 posted on 08/16/2021 7:13:11 PM PDT by cdcdawg (Blame Biden)
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To: dfwgator
F the Rats, they all own it, they don’t get to squirm away now. You broke it, you bought it, bitches!

And that goes for all of you Repuke Never-Trumpers, as well.

40 posted on 08/16/2021 7:14:13 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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