Rep. Barry Moore slams Biden administration for Afghanistan collapse, urges media "Don't let them give you a scapegoat"

September 1, 2021

Washington, D.C. — Today, Rep. Barry Moore (AL-02) spoke at the House Freedom Caucus press conference at the U.S. Capitol, calling for the media to hold the Biden administration accountable for the catastrophe in Afghanistan. A member of the House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Moore joined other veterans serving in Congress to return to Washington this week to demand that the Biden administration prioritize the safe removal of Americans and our allies before completing a military withdrawal from Afghanistan. Additionally, his office has requested assistance for over 250 Americans and allies trapped in Afghanistan. As the crisis escalated, Moore was among the first members of Congress to call for President Biden's resignation and has joined his House Freedom Caucus colleagues in demanding Speaker Pelosi call Congress back in session to vote on a resolution to impeach Secretary of State Antony Blinken, as well as resolutions calling for the resignations of President Joe Biden, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, and General Mark Milley.

Excerpts of Moore's remarks are below:

"We have a crisis now in Afghanistan that is the making of this Administration. They need to be held accountable. We need to hold the Administration accountable for what they're doing, and it starts at the top, guys. You're going to see the Biden administration try to come up with a scapegoat in the next few weeks.

"Be ready, media. Be paying attention. Do your job. Do your job as the American media. Take off your DNC t-shirts and your DNC hats and get out your press credentials, go talk to your sources, and find out who’s driving this debacle in Afghanistan and the Department of State.

"Don’t let them give you a scapegoat, guys. Don’t let that happen on your watch. You have the freedom of press for a reason. I mean, we can do what we can do as Congress - Pelosi’s not doing her job, obviously. She needs to call us back in. We need to hold her accountable. I say that we vacate the chair. I’m going to say one last thing: Joe Biden must go."

Background:

On August 19, President Biden promised unambiguously that he was committed to keeping U.S. troops in Afghanistan until every American who wanted to leave was safely out of the country - even beyond the August 31 deadline imposed by the Taliban, stating, “If there’s American citizens left, we’re going to stay until we get them all out.” However, the last American troops in Afghanistan left the country yesterday, despite Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby confirming there are at least “several hundred” Americans desperately trying to leave Afghanistan. According to President Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken will rely on cooperation from the Taliban to safely bring these abandoned Americans home, stating, “The Taliban has made commitments on safe passage and the world will hold them to their commitments.”

Click HERE for the full clip of Rep. Moore’s remarks.

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