The Hill By Mychael Schnell - 08/15/21
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) slammed President Biden’s “botched exit” from Afghanistan on Sunday after the Taliban entered the capital city of Kabul, having already taken control of the rest of the country.
“The Biden Administration’s botched exit from Afghanistan including the frantic evacuation of Americans and vulnerable Afghans from Kabul is a shameful failure of American leadership,” McConnell wrote in a statement.
A number of GOP lawmakers are placing the blame for the deteriorating state of affairs in Afghanistan on Biden, who announced in April that he would pull all troops from the country following a deal with the Taliban, brokered by former President Trump, to withdraw military personnel from the region.
House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) compared images of Chinooks over Kabul evacuating embassy staff in the capital city to America’s exit from Vietnam, calling the morning’s developments “President Biden’s Saigon moment.”
Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas), ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said Biden is “gonna have blood on his hands” for the withdrawal mission.
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