"And that obviously, is a very dark mark against the American values that most of us, I think, would like to think that we still hold on to in this country."
"But that`s something that this country was willing to embrace, because of the fear and vulnerability they felt as a result of those attacks."
"I think I felt vulnerability, emotional vulnerability. And I think that was an overriding sense in this country in the days after the attack."
"Now, this Republican Party only has two things it cares about. It wants to make sure that people who don’t agree with them can’t vote, and it wants to incite culture wars."
"You know, Kevin McCarthy is so fricking hypocritical. While Donald Trump was moseying up to the Taliban and making a deal with the Taliban and signaling to the Afghan people that America was no longer..."
"Yes, it`s kind of ironic people are saying, well, he should have quietly evacuated. You don`t quietly evacuate several 100,000 people without the Taliban and others on the ground knowing what`s going ..."
"Exhibit A about how the policy in Afghanistan was a failure is how quickly the Taliban took over. I mean, keep in mind, we`ve spent over $2 trillion there and trained over 300,000 Afghans to fight for..."
"I think it was selfish and wrong. And I think they knew it when they did it."
"I think they have done a remarkable job. And we`ll continue to do that."
"It was time for this to end, and Joe Biden had the courage to do it."
"I just -- I read this letter a bunch yesterday when it came out, and I just kind of took my breath away."