It's been less than 24-hours since the United States government, led by President Joe Biden, abandoned hundreds -- possibly thousands -- of Americans behind enemy lines in Afghanistan.
Over the past 48-hours, the gates to Harmid Karzai International Airport in Kabul were sealed off and Americans clamoring to get in, showing green cards and U.S. passports, were shut out for good.
Former Assistant Defense Secretary Mary Beth Long says Biden's Afghanistan withdrawal "was a failure."
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) August 31, 2021
"Last night, dozens and dozens of U.S. citizens went to the airport...The gates never opened. Those U.S. citizens were left hanging this morning, circling the gates" pic.twitter.com/uSLLArPbWK
Fox News reports on Americans, including children, “completely abandoned" by Joe Biden "after multiple attempts to get into the Kabul airport” pic.twitter.com/xyEl7ZgOuJ
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) August 31, 2021
CNN’s Clarissa Ward reports on a Texas family abandoned in Afghanistan.
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) August 30, 2021
“They had been going to the airport for two weeks trying desperately to get out. They all have American passports...They couldn’t get past the Taliban.” pic.twitter.com/NnbCdlNHO2
Today, the Pentagon is attempting to do damage control by somehow touting "low hundreds" as an acceptable number of people left behind. Spokesperson John Kirby is also arguing this "happens all of the time."
KIRBY: The number of Americans left behind in Afghanistan is in the “low hundreds.” pic.twitter.com/f0cWBRzPFy
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) August 31, 2021
Pentagon Spokesman, today: “We have Americans that get stranded in countries all the time”
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) August 31, 2021
Jen Psaki, August 23: "I think it's irresponsible to say Americans are stranded. They are not." pic.twitter.com/syyDJT9P6N