GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert slams Biden's Afghanistan withdrawal but voted against visas for Afghan

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

partners last month

Many Republicans, including those who supported ending the US occupation of Afghanistan under former President Donald Trump, were quick to attack the Biden administration's withdrawal from the country as Taliban forces swiftly took control over the weekend.

Rep. Lauren Boebert, a Colorado Republican, slammed the administration's exit in a series of tweets over the weekend and compared the military's evacuation of Americans from the embassy in Kabul to the US's rushed exit from Saigon as the North Vietnamese took over in 1975.

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By drawing a comparison with Saigon, Boebert, who's pushed to end the 20-year-long war, suggested that President Joe Biden's rapid exit left US partners in Afghanistan in the lurch. Many others have made a similar comparison, arguing that the US should have done more to help protect and evacuate Afghan civilians who've allied themselves with the US and many of whom are now targets for the Taliban.

But last month, Boebert opposed increasing aid to Afghans who worked with the US military. The congresswoman was one of 16 House Republicans who voted against a bill introduced by her fellow Colorado representative, Democrat Jason Crow, to issue an additional 8,000 immigration visas to Afghans who helped the US military over the last two decades. The bill passed the House with 407 votes in favor and awaits a vote in the Senate.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/gop-rep-lauren-boebert-slams-bidens-afghanistan-withdrawal-but-voted-against-visas-for-afghan-partners-last-month/ar-AANnNtT

[Haggard Celine]

1. Fuck her! Was she even alive during the fall of Saigon?

[Lochloosa]

4. She wasn't even a gleam in her Mothers eye.

Not sure who the father was.

[Eliot Rosewater]

2. Get out of my government you are too DISGUSTNG

What the FUCK Is this DISGUSTING excuse for a human being doing ANYWHERE near our government?

[Changeiscoming_00]

3. Dems attacking Biden too

According to WaPo, some top Democratic senators are criticizing Biden for the withdrawal.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/democrats-offer-some-harsh-reviews-of-biden-on-afghanistan/ar-AANq33k?ocid=msedgntp

Democrats offer some harsh reviews of Biden on Afghanistan

Democrats as a whole have largely hued to the Biden administration’s key talking point — on the rightness of the withdrawal. But that’s not really what the current debate is about; it’s about whether a long-planned withdrawal with long-standing bipartisan support was executed appropriately. And some Democrats are speaking out about the latter issue.

“The rapidly deteriorating situation in Afghanistan reveals a failure to prepare for a scenario where the Afghan government and military would refuse to fight the Taliban’s advances when put to the test,” Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) said flatly in the hours after Biden’s speech.

[Cha]

7. Investigate This..

Link to tweet

[Caliman73]

10. They should actually investigate why we spent 20 years there.

The problem with the United States is that we tend to want simple answers to complex questions. We want one "bad guy" to pin the blame on. This is so that we don't actually have to examine our policies.

Republicans AND Democrats voted to authorize Bush to use the military to go into Afghanistan in 2001. They reauthorized it year after year. While Kelly was not in office then, Menendez was as were others who are criticizing this one small aspect of our conduct over there.

[Eyeball_Kid]

5. What! Did you expect Gun-totin' Boebart to be a rational thinker?

She can't think past her holster.

[The Wizard]

6. What's her defense for

Trump releasing 5000 Taliban fighters from custody?

[Progressive Jones]

8. A nobody who's going nowhere. nt

[AZ8theist]

9. HIGH SCHOOL DROP OUT SAYS WHAT?

[SunSeeker]

12. And it never got a vote in the Senate thanks to McConnell. nt

[IcyPeas]

13. List of 16 republicans who voted against visas...

These Republican House members voted against the bill:

Rep. Andy Biggs of Arizona
Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado
Rep. Mo Brooks of Alabama
Rep. Scott DesJarlais of Tennessee
Rep. Jeff Duncan of South Carolina
Rep. Bob Good of Virginia
Rep. Paul Gosar of Arizona
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia
Rep. Kevin Hern of Oklahoma
Rep. Jody Hice of Georgia
Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky
Rep. Barry Moore of Alabama
Rep. Scott Perry of Pennsylvania
Rep. Bill Posey of Florida
Rep. Matt Rosendale of Montana
Rep. Chip Roy of Texas

[Moebym]

14. Too many people are pretending

That they had no culpability in this, choosing instead to pile on Biden because he's an obvious target.