Sen. Cotton: Putin Has Seen Biden’s Performance over the Last Year and Thinks He Can Get Away with Anything

FAULKNER Senator Cotton COTTON ░░░░░░░░ Harris first off I ░░░░░░░░ to commend Project Dynamo ░░░░░░░░ did a great job ░░░░░░░░ this instance several other ░░░░░░░░ and veterans and generous ░░░░░░░░ are supporting the effort ░░░░░░░░ get American citizens and ░░░░░░░░ card holders out of ░░░░░░░░ It s pretty telling ░░░░░░░░ that we re still ░░░░░░░░ to undertake this through ░░░░░░░░ means it s not ░░░░░░░░ United States government who ░░░░░░░░ protecting its citizens wherever ░░░░░░░░ may be in the ░░░░░░░░ and that our government ░░░░░░░░ us in late August ░░░░░░░░ ll recall that Joe ░░░░░░░░ and Tony Blinken and ░░░░░░░░ were saying the number ░░░░░░░░ Americans is down to ░░░░░░░░ a couple hundred maybe ░░░░░░░░ than 100 FAULKNER Yes ░░░░░░░░ Well we ve now ░░░░░░░░ hundreds of Americans and ░░░░░░░░ card holders evacuated from ░░░░░░░░ since the end of ░░░░░░░░ when the last of ░░░░░░░░ troops left It s ░░░░░░░░ that the government was ░░░░░░░░ to minimize the scale ░░░░░░░░ the fiasco in August ░░░░░░░░ ever since then they ░░░░░░░░ want to turn the ░░░░░░░░ They don t want ░░░░░░░░ have this in the ░░░░░░░░ They don t want ░░░░░░░░ American people focused on ░░░░░░░░ historical debacle in Afghanistan ░░░░░░░░ has a direct direct ░░░░░░░░ factor to Vladimir Putin ░░░░░░░░ decision to potentially invade ░░░░░░░░ or to Iran and ░░░░░░░░ proxy attacking our troops ░░░░░░░░ our friends across the ░░░░░░░░ East or China becoming ░░░░░░░░ aggressive as well When ░░░░░░░░ adversaries saw what happened ░░░░░░░░ Afghanistan they realized that ░░░░░░░░ Biden was not up ░░░░░░░░ the task of meeting ░░░░░░░░ aggression FAULKNER Well and ░░░░░░░░ in addition to all ░░░░░░░░ you said we were ░░░░░░░░ led to believe that ░░░░░░░░ mission was over And ░░░░░░░░ to hear Admiral Kirby ░░░░░░░░ on this program that ░░░░░░░░ no no Harris you ░░░░░░░░ right the mission s ░░░░░░░░ over Look just hit ░░░░░░░░ with the facts It ░░░░░░░░ not an opinion that ░░░░░░░░ mission isn t over ░░░░░░░░ are still coming home ░░░░░░░░ as you pointed out ░░░░░░░░ is it s hard ░░░░░░░░ get them back Great ░░░░░░░░ Dynamo COTTON Yeah And ░░░░░░░░ and as I said ░░░░░░░░ the time too Harris ░░░░░░░░ Biden screwed this up ░░░░░░░░ and going We left ░░░░░░░░ hundreds of citizens thousands ░░░░░░░░ green card holders and ░░░░░░░░ families but evacuated a ░░░░░░░░ of Afghans who had ░░░░░░░░ connection to the United ░░░░░░░░ at all who posed ░░░░░░░░ danger if they were ░░░░░░░░ to America And we ░░░░░░░░ saw that recently one ░░░░░░░░ Afghan evacuee was convicted ░░░░░░░░ child sex abuse in ░░░░░░░░ federal court I fear ░░░░░░░░ we are going to ░░░░░░░░ more of those stories ░░░░░░░░ the months and the ░░░░░░░░ ahead because Joe Biden ░░░░░░░░ it up coming and ░░░░░░░░ He left behind many ░░░░░░░░ who deserved to be ░░░░░░░░ He evacuated many dangerous ░░░░░░░░ who did not deserve ░░░░░░░░ FAULKNER Yeah Well that ░░░░░░░░ what happens when you ░░░░░░░░ and run which is ░░░░░░░░ our military doesn t ░░░░░░░░ would never decide to ░░░░░░░░ that Real quickly Ukraine ░░░░░░░░ Russia What has to ░░░░░░░░ now COTTOM Well the ░░░░░░░░ is very late Vladimir ░░░░░░░░ has watched Joe Biden ░░░░░░░░ a year appease and ░░░░░░░░ with him that s ░░░░░░░░ he thinks he can ░░░░░░░░ away with this invasion ░░░░░░░░ Ukraine It has nothing ░░░░░░░░ do with short term ░░░░░░░░ like Ukraine joining NATO ░░░░░░░░ NATO exercising in Ukraine ░░░░░░░░ s simply not happening ░░░░░░░░ doesn t have a ░░░░░░░░ to join NATO we ░░░░░░░░ not conducting exercising in ░░░░░░░░ This is about Vladimir ░░░░░░░░ s long standing desire ░░░░░░░░ reassembly the Russian empire ░░░░░░░░ to create a buffer ░░░░░░░░ non Democratic states around ░░░░░░░░ autocratic role The question ░░░░░░░░ why does he think ░░░░░░░░ can go for the ░░░░░░░░ in Ukraine now And ░░░░░░░░ think the answer is ░░░░░░░░ he s seen Joe ░░░░░░░░ s performance over the ░░░░░░░░ year FAULKNER Wow COTTON ░░░░░░░░ thinks that he can ░░░░░░░░ away with it FAULKNER ░░░░░░░░ Cotton thank you so ░░░░░░░░ much for being in ░░░░░░░░ today COTTON Thank you ░░░░░░░░