Earlier this week, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee held a hearing, and released a report attacking the Biden administration on Afghanistan. There were some obvious flaws in their report that we think are worth fact checking.
Part 1 🧵
Part 1 🧵
The Senate Republicans’ report is riddled with false claims, inaccurate characterizations, and outdated info
foreign.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/…
foreign.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/…
Most Republicans on Capitol Hill were silent when President Trump freed thousands of Taliban fighters, undermined the Afghan government, withdrew U.S. troops with no plan on what to do next, and dismantled our nation’s refugee programs. #NoOneLeftBehind
The GOP report doesn’t even acknowledge that the trump Administration made a deal and withdrew all but 2,500 troops just days before President Biden took office. #Facts
The Biden Administration rebuilt a refugee resettlement program that had been systematically dismantled by the xenophobic trump admin.
The SIV program that had not interviewed people in 300 days #NoOneLeftBehind #AfghanAllies
The SIV program that had not interviewed people in 300 days #NoOneLeftBehind #AfghanAllies
The Biden Administration evacuated more than 120,000 people including Americans, LPRs, vulnerable Afghans, and other #AfghanAllies in a few short weeks.
President Biden had the conviction to #EndTheForeverWar even thought it was never going to be easy. The President did what needed to be done to protect American interests and prevented further loss of life in Afghanistan.
To blame President Biden for the difficulties of ending the 20 year long war Afghanistan, the GOP report ignores data that does not support their politically motivated narrative.
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