Lawmakers shocked by Biden admin providing Taliban with LIST of American citizens, others to allow into Kabul airport
The Biden administration provided a list of “American citizens, green card holders and Afghan allies” to America’s erstwhile enemies in Afghanistan, the Taliban. The decision sparked a not undue amount of outrage from lawmakers and critics saying the action bordered on “treason.”
“The move, detailed to POLITICO by three U.S. and congressional officials, was designed to expedite the evacuation of tens of thousands of people from Afghanistan as chaos erupted in Afghanistan’s capital city last week after the Taliban seized control of the country,” Politico reported on Thursday. “But the decision to provide specific names to the Taliban, which has a history of brutally murdering Afghans who collaborated with the U.S. and other coalition forces during the conflict, has angered lawmakers and military officials.”
According to the publication, a Pentagon official said that the Biden administration practically “put all those Afghans on a kill list.”
“It’s just appalling and shocking and makes you feel unclean,” he added.
Afghans who helped American troops during the 20-year occupation in Afghanistan have become targets for retribution by the Taliban, who saw their actions as a betrayal to the country’s now de facto rulers.
On social media, numerous officials, journalists, and lawmakers including Reps. Ken Buck, Dan Crenshaw, Lauren Boebert, Vicky Hartzler, Dan Bishop, and others decried the move as a betrayal of America’s allies in the war that put the lives of both Americans and Afghans in danger.
Crenshaw, a veteran in the Afghan war, said the move “qualifies as borderline treason.”
“We need to find out who is responsible for giving the Taliban a hit list and they need to go to prison,” he wrote.
Did the Biden Regime really just hand the Taliban a kill list to be paired with our military equipment? https://t.co/m0dtYTbg14
— Lauren Boebert (@laurenboebert) August 26, 2021
So now we are giving a terrorist organization the names of US citizens and other allies? How does this not endanger them greatly?
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) August 26, 2021
We impeach presidents for having a phone call with a president of another country but not this insanity! You awake yet? https://t.co/1tmIFHpo1D
Giving a list of the names of our allies to our terrorist enemies is outright treason. If we had a Commander-in-Chief, he would take responsibility for this. Sadly we have a broken political hack wandering the halls of the White House in a stupor. #BidenMustResign https://t.co/myyfMySFoj
— James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) August 27, 2021
If true, this qualifies as borderline treason. We need to find out who is responsible for giving the Taliban a hit list and they need to go to prison. https://t.co/WTkeRytHmN
— Dan Crenshaw (@DanCrenshawTX) August 26, 2021
The Taliban are the gatekeepers to U.S. admission. Think about that. https://t.co/pfxZA55QII
— Stephen Miller (@StephenM) August 26, 2021
Exchange from July 8, 2021:
— Matt Viser (@mviser) August 26, 2021
Q Do you trust the Taliban, Mr. President? Do you trust the Taliban, sir?
THE PRESIDENT: Is that a serious question?
Q It is absolutely a serious question. Do you trust the Taliban?
THE PRESIDENT: No, I do not. https://t.co/9Mo2xeRmf8
The Biden Administration gave the Taliban a list of Americans stranded in Afghanistan.
— House Judiciary GOP (@JudiciaryGOP) August 26, 2021
The Taliban! https://t.co/SULf6jXmj6
Why is the Chairman of the Intel Committee so silent? @RepAdamSchiff is all politics. https://t.co/KH9QJAuYpZ
— Richard Grenell (@RichardGrenell) August 26, 2021
My God, Biden gave the Taliban a kill list! https://t.co/fiHa793Kfs
— Marc Thiessen (@marcthiessen) August 26, 2021
What could go wrong? Perhaps we can also outsource the IT at the White House and the Pentagon to the Chinese Communist Party. https://t.co/2AWCEW205x
— Sam Harris (@SamHarrisOrg) August 26, 2021
The Taliban is going door-to-door and searching for our Afghan allies.
— Rep. Vicky Hartzler (@RepHartzler) August 26, 2021
The Biden administration gave them a list of names.
Infuriating! https://t.co/nPiGoW0RgW
This is deeply concerning and reckless behavior, putting American citizens and our allies at risk.
— Rep. Ken Buck (@RepKenBuck) August 26, 2021
Congress needs to investigate this immediately. https://t.co/OHfqAiJa56

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