President Joe Biden claims that his move to evacuate Afghanistan was the “rational” decision, and everything is going according to plan. But now the Biden Admin is claiming that they haven’t stranded Americans in Afghanistan, despite having already told those very Americans they are on their own when it comes to finding safe passage to the airport. So if they die on the way to the airport that’s their own fault.
Fox News White House Correspondent Peter Doocy asked Psaki about the stranded Americans, and she did not take kindly to that line of questioning.
Doocy: But does the President have a sense that most of the criticism is not of leaving Afghanistan, it’s the way that he has ordered it to happen — by pulling the troops before getting these Americans who are now stranded? Does he have a sense of that?
MS. PSAKI: First of all, I think it’s irresponsible to say Americans are stranded. They are not. We are committed to bringing Americans, who want to come home, home. We are in touch with them via phone, via text, via e-mail, via any way that we can possibly reach Americans to get them home if they want to return home.
Doocy: “There are no Americans stranded” is the White House’s official position on what’s happening in Afghanistan right now?
MS. PSAKI: I’m just calling you out for saying that we are stranding Americans in Afghanistan, when I — when we have been very clear that we are not leaving Americans who want to return home. We are going to bring them home. And I think that’s important for the American public to hear and understand.
Doocy: Okay. And then following up on what somebody asked Jake: The President likes to say “America is back,” but his policies have Americans getting beat up by the Taliban and Afghans handing babies over barbed-wire fences. Is that what he meant when he said “America is back”?
MS. PSAKI: What the President meant is that we are going to continue to lead in the world, including being the leaders in evacuating not just our Afghan partners, not just American citizens, but now also our allies. And we have done that by evacuating approximately 42,000 people over the last month. That is Americans leading. That is our men and women in our military leading on the ground, securing the airport after the Afghans fleed [sic] and didn’t secure the airport, and ensuring that we are taking care of our partners as we promised to.
WH Press Sec. Jen Psaki: “I think it’s irresponsible to say Americans are stranded. They are not.”
NBC News: Thousands of Americans Still Stranded in Afghanistanhttps://t.co/sBBcEJ6V5F pic.twitter.com/1UuPfJgK66
— America Rising (@AmericaRising) August 23, 2021
She is playing along by pretending everything is under control and that all of these stranded Americans will quickly be brought home. But when the Biden Admin is asked how many Americans are left in the country, they will not even give an answer.
Social media responded accordingly.
You know what’s even more irresponsible?
Stranding Americans in Afghanistan. https://t.co/eVKKrQmdmo
— Matt Whitlock (@mattdizwhitlock) August 23, 2021
It's beyond irresponsible to execute a withdrawal that leaves tens of thousands of Americans and trusted allies to fend for themselves as the Taliban goes door to door killing people. What world is @PressSec living in? https://t.co/9gLWizx235
— Congressman Greg Murphy, M.D. (@RepGregMurphy) August 23, 2021
From our southern border to Afghanistan, it seems the Biden administration’s strategy for solving crises is to pretend they don’t exist.
Open your eyes. There are multiple reports of Americans getting turned away, harassed, and beaten by the Taliban. https://t.co/QBJLjlnEJM
— Nikki Haley (@NikkiHaley) August 23, 2021
