Press Secretary Jen Psaki said it was “irresponsible” to say Americans are stranded in Afghanistan. Now she admits some Americans most likely will be.
Shot: On Monday, Psaki said “I think it's irresponsible to say Americans are stranded. They are not."
Jen Psaki: “I think it's irresponsible to say Americans are stranded. They are not."
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) August 23, 2021
What’s IRRESPONSIBLE is stranding Americans in Afghanistan. pic.twitter.com/SAnR0kl57p
Chaser: Today, Psaki said “We expect there could be some” Americans who are left behind “but I’m not going to get into it further.”
Jen Psaki refuses to say what Biden would do if Americans are left behind after all U.S. troops leave Afghanistan.
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) August 24, 2021
“We expect there could be some but I’m not going to get into it further” pic.twitter.com/yrxGq4tsQz
And right before Psaki and Joe Biden conceded that the successful withdrawal of Americans “depends” on “coordination” with the Taliban, Politico reported the Taliban was stopping Americans at checkpoints.
Three sources tell me and @AlexThomp that the Taliban has now started halting people trying to get in through the airport gates. Not just Afghans but American citizens. Informal groups coordinating need to redirect people on the fly.
— Lara Seligman (@laraseligman) August 24, 2021
It didn’t have to be this way. Thousands of Americans are trapped in Afghanistan behind enemy lines because of Biden. Biden has humiliated the United States. His evacuation evoked images from Saigon in 1975. And his hostage crisis and cowering in the face of terrorists evokes images from Iran in 1979.
