Matt Rosendale @RepRosendale
Today I learned that 75 refugees from Afghanistan will be arriving in Montana. I strongly oppose the resettlement of these Afghan nationals in Montana. 12:25 PM · Sep 16, 2021
MaryElizabethColeman @meaccoleman
I’d like everyone to remember the private planes and citizens who have come to the rescue of Americans and our allies the next time someone promises a government program as the solution to a problem. 7:01 PM · Aug 29, 2021
Apparently air traffic control, site logistics, and perimeter security, just to name a few, aren’t necessary during an evacuation of non-combatants.
Representative Mary Elizabeth Coleman (r) [2019 file photo].
Update:
When you find yourself in a hole the first thing you do is stop digging.
“…rescue of Americans and our allies…” That’s not about a hurricane on the Gulf Coast.
The Kansas City Star @KCStar
Hawley’s office did not immediately respond to a question asking what, specifically, other options for withdrawal would have looked like.
[….] 12:02 PM · Aug 27, 2021
He knows that isn’t a matter of concern with his base.
Dylan Johnson @RealDylanMO
[….] BREAKING: Missouri US Senate frontrunner @EricGreitens tells Steve Bannon he WOULD vote to impeach @JoeBiden for dereliction of duty in #Afghanistan crisis.
Senator Hawley Press Office @SenHawleyPress
NEW — Senator Josh Hawley has written to Acting Secretary of Defense Miller in support
@realDonaldTrump
‘s plan for the prompt withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan.
Josh Hawley@HawleyMO
To say that today’s loss of American lives in Kabul is sickening does not begin to do justice to what has happened. It is enraging. And Joe Biden is responsible. It is now clear beyond all doubt that he has neither the capacity nor the will to lead. He must resign 3:30 PM · Aug 26, 2021
Some of the responses:
You know we can read your other tweets where you blame him for not leaving sooner, right?
Gaslighters depend on you not noticing that detail.
I missed your demand for the Former Guy to resign after Niger.
How did ISIS attack our troops when tRump defeated them 100%?
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Sorry. You wanted us out on May 1, which DOD felt was impossible to meet. You don’t get to complain that things went downhill in August.
if I say “this you?” with multiple pictures of you raising your fist “in solidarity” with insurrectionists on January 6, will I be detained at JFK and accused of anti-American activities, that’s the question.
You should sit this one out, insurrectionist.
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1/6
OK, Senator Military Expert who lives in Virginia. What should Biden have done differently?
Did Trump leave him his exit plan?
Remember the 16 Republicans who voted against Afghan interpreters getting visas to come back earlier? We do.
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Maybe sit this one out
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You previously attacked Biden for not leaving earlier
Hows this make you sick? 11/21/20
No sweetie. ISIS is responsible. We’ve evacuated 104 THOUSAND people in record time. Too bad he were the boy who sat on the last row in class and didn’t pay attention.
Sit this one out, Hawley and let the adults handle it
Guess who negotiated this shitty deal? Trump and Pompeo. Guess who let out 5,000 Taliban despite the Afghanistan gov asking him not to? Trump. Guess who stabbed the Kurds in the back leading to 1,000 ISIS fighters escaping? Trump.
What’s really shameful is your politicization of this tragedy, senator. There is plenty of blame to pass around, including the previous three presidents. This is a time to mourn the dead, Americans and Afghans, and commit to helping everyone who wants out of Afghanistan.
Unsurprisingly, there seems to be a disparity with your opinion last year.
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Maybe make these two separate statements to avoid appearing like you are using the deaths of American service members for politics?
It’s in his nature.
On April 13 of this year, you called for Biden to withdraw the troops. Which is it??
And the Kurds are not able to be reached for comment
Who let Afghani leadership out of prison – some 5000 people – to appease the Taliban and Putin?
Sorry, what was that? I couldn’t hear you. I was reading this letter by a Missouri Senator about his expressed support to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan.
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The below is attributable to Principal Deputy Spokesperson Cale Brown:
Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo met today with Taliban Political Deputy and Head of the Political Office Mullah Beradar and members of the Taliban negotiating team in Doha, Qatar. Secretary Pompeo commended both sides for continuing to negotiate and for the progress they have made. He called for a significant reduction in violence and encouraged expedited discussions on a political roadmap and a permanent and comprehensive ceasefire. Secretary Pompeo reiterated that the people of Afghanistan expect and deserve to live in peace and security after 40 years of war and bloodshed.
Those photos of Mike Pompeo and Mullah Beradar will fit nicely on a U.S. Senate campaign mailing, don’t you think?
Vicky Hartzler (r) [2021 file photo].
Yesterday afternoon:
Rep. Vicky Hartzler @RepHartzler
Under Joe Biden:
The Taliban decides when Americans must leave Afghanistan.
Traffickers decide how many illegal immigrants cross our border.
Big Tech decides who gets to exercise their First Amendment.
Posted on Twitter, with no understanding of the irony.
Some of the comments:
Ugh…so you’re saying Biden should have ripped up the deal with the Taliban that the former guy negotiated?
Kinda like how the former guy ripped up the Iran nuclear agreement?
I’m disappointed that you think all of your constituents are less informed than you come off as.
She’d be crying warmonger and fraud if President Biden would have changed the plans for Afghanistan. Notice how she can’t even address the President by his title. Only the former guy gets that treatment from her. Sad really.
She’d be crying warmonger out of one side of her mouth, while sweet talking all her government contractors for contributions out the other side of her mouth.
Trump set the deadline with the Taliban
There’s that.
So you are admitting Trump was/is a Taliban sympathizer, since he negotiated the surrender of Afghanistan to the Taliban? Trump freed Baradar, Taliban leader, and Trump freed 5,000 Taliban fighters. Why did you support that???
Under Trump with your support
– a capitulation agreement signed with Taliban requiring US troops exit by May 2021
– a riotous group attacked US Capitol in effort to overturn legitimate election
– over 600K US citizens were killed by pandemic
– economy tanked & unemployment spiked
And you feel the need to humiliate yourself daily
Yet here you are using your First Amendment rights on a platform run by Big Tech. Gtfoh.
Josh Hawley @HawleyMO
President Biden should withdraw troops in Afghanistan by May 1, as the Trump administration planned, but better late than never. It’s time for this forever war to end
[….] 12:40 PM · Apr 13, 2021
This is now:
Josh Hawley @HawleyMO
My statement on the crisis that Joe Biden’s failure of leadership has caused in Afghanistan
[blah, blah, blah…] 12:15 PM · Aug 16, 2021
Some of the responses:
Too bad you said nothing about Trump’s decision to withdraw.
More seriously, what would YOU have done to prevent this.
It is strange you only mention Biden. Who got us into Afghanistan?
Did you include the part that said, you realize he was fulfilling the promises made by the previous, DJT last March and May of 2020 When he gave them a gift of 5,000 Taliban prisoners ahead of his so called negotiation Peace Talks he wanted them to attend at Camp David? I bet not
Trump cutting a deal with the Taliban without the Afghan gov even being involved was “hugely demoralizing” and led to the current chaos. Just weeks before the 2020 election, the Taliban endorsed Trump for pres in the hopes he would “wind up U.S. military presence in Afghanistan.”
1 month ago, Trump claimed full, unequivocal credit for the withdrawal in Afghanistan. “I started the [withdrawal] process. [Biden] couldn’t stop the process.”
Biden merely completed what TFG started to begin with. If there’s blame, you know where to go
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You’re just jealous the Taliban pulled off what you couldn’t on 1/6.
There’s that.
Talk to trump, he set this up. Released prisoners. Met with taliban but didn’t include Afghanistan officials in on the agreement. Why
If it’s bidens fault why take down the website that praised trump for his great negotiating skills in Afghanistan
There’s that.
Where was your outrage when the deal was signed by Trump last February?
Good question. Apparently it isn’t what is done, it’s who did it that outrages them. I guess they also forgot the Kurds.
Are you visiting MO or in VA where you actually reside?
Some questions on military capacity do indeed need answers, but this is a ridiculous over-simplification of complex & intractable problems.
What about the Doha Agreement signed on Feb. 29, 2020?
Didn’t you say that you wanted to withdraw forces when Trump was in power? Why has your opinion changed?
Who negotiated it Josh? It wasn’t Biden.
Josh, where were you when #tfg released 5000 Taliban prisoners?
Actually, Biden is the one whose leadership had succeeded whereas Bush, Obama, and Trump failed. Once the dust settles, the only thing people will care about is that he got us out.
The United States is committed to withdraw from Afghanistan all military forces of the United States, its allies, and Coalition partners, including all non-diplomatic civilian personnel, private security contractors, trainers, advisors, and supporting services personnel within fourteen (14) months following announcement of this agreement, and will take the following measures in this regard…
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With the start of intra-Afghan negotiations, the United States will initiate an administrative review of current U.S. sanctions and the rewards list against members of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan which is not recognized by the United States as a state and is known as the Taliban with the goal of removing these sanctions by August 27, 2020…
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With the start of intra-Afghan negotiations, the United States will start diplomatic engagement with other members of the United Nations Security Council and Afghanistan to remove members of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan which is not recognized by the United States as a state and is known as the Taliban from the sanctions list with the aim of achieving this objective by May 29, 2020…
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Signed in Doha, Qatar on February 29, 2020…
Remind us. Who was president and who was running the Department of State in 2020?
Rep. Vicky Hartzler @RepHartzler
One month ago, Biden declared that the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan was not inevitable and that the Afghan government would not collapse.
Today, he could not be more wrong as the Taliban has overtaken the country and President Ghani has fled Afghanistan.
Rep. Vicky Hartzler @RepHartzler
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With this latest act of incompetence, the Biden administration’s track record of repeated negligence has resulted in crises at our border, in our communities, and now overseas in the Middle East.
(2/4)
Rep. Vicky Hartzler @RepHartzler
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In Afghanistan, gone and lost are decades of progress for women, who will now see their advances crushed under Sharia Law.
I pray for them on this somber day and condemn our current administration for their bungled and failed withdrawal from Afghanistan.
(3/4)
Some of the responses:
Actually, the former guy, who you supported, wanted us out earlier.
In the meantime, what should Biden have done?
I missed your call for sending more troops. Did you?
Do you have the reaction with Trump inviting the same Taliban to Camp David? How about Pompeo just 10 months ago in face to face meeting with the man who is being called new Taliban President?
This isn’t Biden’s fault. It’s a losing game. What are we to do?
So you must have been furious when Trump invited the Taliban to Camp David.
1) Afghanistan is not “the Middle East”. 2) Biden inherited this 20 years war. US had already drawn down troops when he took office. Did you criticize Trump for that?
“…In Afghanistan, gone and lost are decades of progress for women, who will now see their advances crushed under Sharia Law.”
