Army Veteran Rep. Steube Fact Checks Blinken: ‘Even in Your Opening Statement, You Can’t Be Honest’

STEUBE Thank you Mr ░░░░░░░░ Mr Blinken even in ░░░░░░░░ opening statement you can ░░░░░░░░ be honest with the ░░░░░░░░ people You state and ░░░░░░░░ quote that by January ░░░░░░░░ the Taliban was in ░░░░░░░░ strongest military position since ░░░░░░░░ 11 I m pretty ░░░░░░░░ their strongest military position ░░░░░░░░ been during your entire ░░░░░░░░ not prior to it ░░░░░░░░ fact their strongest military ░░░░░░░░ since the towers were ░░░░░░░░ in 2001 was this ░░░░░░░░ September 11 the 20th ░░░░░░░░ all of which happened ░░░░░░░░ your watch not your ░░░░░░░░ In fact on April ░░░░░░░░ of this year days ░░░░░░░░ the original deadline negotiated ░░░░░░░░ the Trump administration that ░░░░░░░░ and the Biden administration ░░░░░░░░ the Taliban controlled 77 ░░░░░░░░ in Afghanistan The Afghan ░░░░░░░░ controlled 129 and there ░░░░░░░░ 194 contested districts By ░░░░░░░░ 15th while you and ░░░░░░░░ were on vacation the ░░░░░░░░ had taken and controlled ░░░░░░░░ district and the government ░░░░░░░░ controlled 37 From May ░░░░░░░░ August of this year ░░░░░░░░ you the Department of ░░░░░░░░ and the President did ░░░░░░░░ nothing the Taliban gained ░░░░░░░░ districts in Afghanistan in ░░░░░░░░ four months You can ░░░░░░░░ claim ignorance to what ░░░░░░░░ going on there and ░░░░░░░░ can t blame the ░░░░░░░░ administration for your failure ░░░░░░░░ served in Iraq and ░░░░░░░░ m well aware of ░░░░░░░░ capabilities Your administration in ░░░░░░░░ White House was seeing ░░░░░░░░ real time what was ░░░░░░░░ in Afghanistan and you ░░░░░░░░ absolutely nothing to stop ░░░░░░░░ In fact you did ░░░░░░░░ you could to conceal ░░░░░░░░ facts Biden himself tried ░░░░░░░░ get President Ghani to ░░░░░░░░ about what was happening ░░░░░░░░ the ground Biden told ░░░░░░░░ that quote the perception ░░░░░░░░ the world and in ░░░░░░░░ of Afghanistan I believe ░░░░░░░░ that things aren t ░░░░░░░░ well in terms of ░░░░░░░░ fight against the Taliban ░░░░░░░░ there is a need ░░░░░░░░ it s true or ░░░░░░░░ there s a need ░░░░░░░░ project a different picture ░░░░░░░░ was on July 23rd ░░░░░░░░ all of you went ░░░░░░░░ vacation so you knew ░░░░░░░░ what was going on ░░░░░░░░ and did nothing to ░░░░░░░░ moving our people out ░░░░░░░░ SIVs out until it ░░░░░░░░ too late and the ░░░░░░░░ controlled the entire nation.”