During a Fox News interview this week, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) discussed the Biden administration’s disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan and the Kabul bombing that killed 13 U.S. service members, pointing out how many of the Biden administration officials directing the withdrawal were also involved in the handling of Benghazi where 4 U.S. service members died.
“Here’s what we know, 13 service members killed, Americans left behind, allies left behind, billions of dollars of equipment and weapons left behind, and some of the Afghans who have come to America haven’t been properly vetted — and Joe Biden describes that as an extraordinary success. You’ve got to be kidding me,” Jordan said. “So, I mean, this is why his approval ratings are down. This is why the American people are so frustrated and so upset.”
Jordan added, “And here’s what’s amazing to me, how could it be an extraordinary success and at the same time, be President Trump’s fault? These guys say whatever they want. We all know that when President Trump was in the White House where he projects strength, where he projects confidence, this stuff did not happen and would not happen if he was still there. That’s what the American people understand.”
“I am so frustrated with what I hear and Judge, remember, this is the same group of people who gave us Benghazi,” Jordan said. “This is Blinken. This is Burns. This is Susan Rice, Wendy Sherman, Jake Sullivan. Those are the same people in charge when four Americans gave their life on September 11, 2012. They are the same darn people making decisions that allowed 13 people to die.”
Rep. Jordan’s comments come the same week that Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced the Taliban are not allowing flights to charter flights with Americans to depart Afghanistan for evacuation.
“As of now, the Taliban are not permitting the charter flights to depart,” Blinken said. “They claim that some of the passengers do not have the required documentation.”
“While there are limits to what we can do without personnel on the ground, without an airport with normal security procedures in place, we are working to do everything in our power to support those flights and to get them off the ground,” he continued.
Biden Secretary of State Antony Blinken: “The Taliban are not permitting the charter flights to depart.”
These flights include American citizens. pic.twitter.com/HbJVMAsFHt
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) September 8, 2021
