"the Trump administration failed in the setup, and I think the Biden Administration absolutely failed in the execution of this."
"We support the members of the State Department and their heroic action in the evacuation."
"We shouldn't ask that of our State Department employees, even though we appreciate that they did."
"this, to me, appears to be an armed military coup against the legitimate elected government of Afghanistan."
"we see those individuals who not only defended al-Qaeda but have committed crimes against women and vulnerable populations."
"So, it tells me two things. First off, he just -- I mean, he proved George W.'s point as quickly and as amazingly as you can."
"I mean, if you think about it, you know, what is strength? Strength isn't somebody that just gets their dander up every time, you know because they feel they have such a lack of self-esteem, they feel..."
"Oh, certainly. I mean, I guess to the extent that, you know, strength is what people perceive you have, and people look at him in the party and he is obviously the frontrunner."
"But you know, if you're a Republican base voter, and, you know, you look at every leader that you know that you trust that's a Republican, and none of them say anything."
"I have made the decision to be on the January 6 Committee, I think why I can say Liz Cheney has as well, is because we realize without this nonpartisan investigation of what happened, you're going to ..."
"I asked the Secretary specifically, you know, there's discussion about recognizing the Taliban now. And I said, tell me, at what point did the Taliban in essence become the governing group of Afghanis..."
"There's such a sense of tribalism, tribalism now that we won't get out of it unless politicians are willing to stand up and do things that may not be popular in their own self-interests."