Schumer Falsely Claims ‘All’ Americans Got Out of Afghanistanhttps://www.factcheck.org/2021/09/schumer-falsely-claims-all-americans-got-out-of-afghanistan/A spokesperson for Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has conceded that the New York Democrat falsely claimed that “all” Americans who wanted to leave Afghanistan “have come out.” Government officials say that fewer than 100 U.S. citizens, and an unknown number of U.S. legal permanent residents, who want to leave Afghanistan are still in the country.
Schumer made his remarks in an interview with NewsChannel 9 at the state fair in Syracuse, New York, on Sept. 3. When asked about the political impact of the chaotic and deadly Afghanistan exit on the 2022 midterm elections, Schumer said he couldn’t predict what will happen.
Schumer, Sept. 3: They’ll be a job for congressional oversight. There always is. But at the moment, actually, I’m still focused on trying to get some of those brave Afghans out. The Americans, all of whom wanted to come out, have come out. Praise God. But there are a lot of Afghans who risked their lives for our soldiers and others. Many got out, some didn’t. And I’m still working on trying to get some of them out.
But the U.S. military did not evacuate all Americans who wanted to leave before the last soldier departed Afghanistan.
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As we wrote in a Sept. 2 story, that means that Biden broke his Aug. 18 promise that U.S. forces would remain in Afghanistan “to get them all out” — even if it was necessary to stay beyond Aug. 31.
The figure for remaining Americans also did not include U.S. legal permanent residents, or green card holders, who wanted to be evacuated, State Department spokesman Ned Price confirmed in a Sept. 1 press briefing. Price said he was not able to provide “a firm figure as to how many LPRs may be in Afghanistan who wish to leave.”
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