Chairman Rick Scott joined Maria Bartiromo on FOX Business: Mornings with Maria to discuss the latest on President Joe Biden’s botched Afghanistan withdrawal and the Democrats’ reckless tax and spending spree.
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The Republican National Committee (RNC) released the third part of a video-series, entitled “Not in Vain,” featuring Republican leaders in Congress who served in Afghanistan.
"The American people, our service members past and present, our allies and partners around the world and the Afghans who bravely helped us deserve this transparency and accountability.”
U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), the first female combat veteran elected to the U.S. Senate and a Global War on Terror veteran is joining fellow Senate Armed Services Committee members in calling on Chairman Jack Reed (D-R.I.) to exercise the committee’s authority by holding hearings on the mishandled U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.
“Blumenthal – who sits on the Senate Armed Services Committee and has sons who have served in the military – expressed he has been “deeply frustrated, even furious” at the U.S. government’s “delay and inaction” in rescuing the people left behind in Afghanistan after Biden’s deadly troop withdrawal.”
“With interior ministers often holding authorities related to policies governing security, border enforcement, and transportation, we are concerned that the safety of American citizens may now be directly in the hands of a known terrorist operative."
“As the Biden administration continues to peddle lies and claim victory for their failed withdrawal from Afghanistan, Biden’s Secretary of State Antony Blinken admitted Americans are being held hostage by the Taliban. Organizing the safe evacuation of Americans was Blinken’s direct responsibility and he failed. Biden must fire Blinken.”
"[Bin Laden] has been out in these countries for decades, building schools, building roads, building infrastructure, building day-care facilities, building health-care facilities, and the people are extremely grateful. He’s made their lives better. Um, we have not done that."
"President Biden still clings to an insane fantasy that the Taliban is kinder and gentler...Pathetic.”
They touted his so-called foreign policy expertise and his national security team. Now, they are silent as American citizens and allies are stranded in Afghanistan after Biden’s botched withdrawal.