Biden wants credit for evacuating the people he stranded in Afghanistan

Published August 26, 2021 7:19pm ET



The Biden administration is desperately trying to spin its catastrophe in Afghanistan as a success — a distortion of reality so patently absurd that it’s offensive.

Speaking with reporters on Wednesday, White House press secretary Jen Psaki shared that the United States has already evacuated thousands of American citizens and Afghan allies out of the region, which makes the effort the “largest airlift in U.S. history,” she added. “So, no, I would not say that is anything but a success.”

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