8/15/2021- 4:20 p.m.
Washington – Republican lawmakers harshly criticized the White House on Sunday as the U.S. rushed to evacuate the embassy in Afghanistan while the Taliban moved into Kabul and the collapse of the Afghan government seemed all but a done deal.
“You just had President Biden a few days ago saying you wouldn’t see helicopters evacuating the embassy like Saigon.
And, yet, here we are,” House Minority Whip Steve Scalise said on CBS’ Face the Nation. “This is President Biden’s Saigon moment.”
Other Republicans also criticized Biden but said former President Donald Trump was also to blame for the situation.
Speaking on ABC’s This Week, Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming said that while Biden “absolutely bears responsibility” for making the decision to withdraw U.S. troops by the end of August, the current situation isn’t his fault alone.
Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska issued a statement in which he emphasized that “American troops didn’t lose” the war in Afghanistan. “Donald Trump and Joe Biden deliberately decided to lose,” Sasse said.
