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The removal of US troops from Afghanistan has sparked anger amongst Republicans with many accusing President Joe Biden of abandoning Americans. The last US military aircraft left Kabul on Tuesday and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken confirmed close to 100 Americans were unable to get on the last flights.
Mr Biden defended the decision to withdraw US troops in an address to the nation yesterday.
He celebrated the evacuation of more than 120,000 civilians and promised to continue efforts to help the Americans still in Afghanistan to return home.
The President said: “A lot of our veterans and their families have gone through hell. Deployment after deployment. Months and years away from their families… loss of limbs, traumatic brain injury, post-traumatic stress.
“I was not going to extend this forever war, and I was not extending a forever exit. The war in Afghanistan is now over.”
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Mr Gallagher said: “This is exactly what many Democrats said they wanted. They pushed back on the administration. They begged and pleaded the President to abandon the Taliban’s surrender date.
“But when the moment of truth came on the House floor, they all voted against it so as not to jeopardise the passage of Bernie Sanders’ budget.”
Representative Clay Higgins echoed: “Mr President, if you have an ounce of respect for your 50 years of service to this nation, and to move forward toward healing, to unite our nation, to get past this nightmare that you have created, then by God, man, resign.”
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