Republican lawmakers and social media influencers are slamming former Biden administration officials who were adamant that Afghan refugees in 2021 were being properly vetted. In the wake of a shooting in Washington, D.C. involving an Afghan national, FBI Director Kash Patel said “zero” vetting was done.

“You miss all the signs when you do absolutely zero vetting — and that’s exactly what happened in this case,” Patel said at a Thursday press conference. “When the prior administration made the decision to allow thousands of people in without doing a single background check or vetting, that’s how you miss every single sign.”