Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I am here to talk today about a subject of urgency for our Nation but a subject that many Democrats in this body don't want to talk about. I mean Afghanistan. Thirteen American soldiers, dead; 169 civilians, dead; hundreds more American civilians left behind to the enemy; billions of dollars in military equipment abandoned to the enemy, like you see in the images right over my shoulder. Yet, nearly a month after this disastrous evacuation, the worst foreign policy disaster in this Nation's history since Vietnam, there has been no accountability. No one has been fired. No one has resigned. No one has been relieved of command. Instead, what we have heard is the most incredible and, frankly, insulting parade of excuses and evasions from the President of the United States and the rest of his leadership team. They have said the evacuation debacle was an ``extraordinary success.'' That is a quote. That is from the mouth of the President himself. Let that just sink in for a second. Thirteen American soldiers, including from my State of Missouri, lost--13--169 civilians dead; hundreds of Americans left behind enemy lines to fend for themselves, left to the Taliban, left to ISIS. Has an American President ever--ever--left behind American civilians on the field of battle--hundreds of them--and then called it an extraordinary success? I can't think of a time in American history. It was a disgrace, what the President said. It was untrue, what the President said.…”