{"id":1459497,"date":"2022-05-01T11:14:37","date_gmt":"2022-05-01T15:14:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1459497"},"modified":"2022-05-01T11:14:41","modified_gmt":"2022-05-01T15:14:41","slug":"we-are-not-done-digital-dunkirk-organizer-blasts-trevor-noah-over-afghan-evacuation-joke-while-people-are-still-stranded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-are-not-done-digital-dunkirk-organizer-blasts-trevor-noah-over-afghan-evacuation-joke-while-people-are-still-stranded\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018We Are Not Done\u2019: Digital Dunkirk Organizer Blasts Trevor Noah Over Afghan Evacuation Joke While People Are Still Stranded"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwe-are-not-done-digital-dunkirk-organizer-blasts-trevor-noah-over-afghan-evacuation-joke-while-people-are-still-stranded%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1459497&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/05\/GettyImages-1240362558.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Digital Dunkirk organizer Alex Plitsas criticized comedian Trevor Noah after the latter used his platform at the White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner to crack a joke about the Biden Administration\u2019s disastrous exit from Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlease be careful leaving tonight,\u201d Noah said. \u201cWe all know this administration doesn\u2019t handle evacuations well.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trevor Noah: &#8220;Please be careful leaving tonight. We all know this administration doesn&#8217;t handle evacuations well.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WHCD?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WHCD<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6QLR5JlmH6\">pic.twitter.com\/6QLR5JlmH6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Caleb Howe (@CalebHowe) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CalebHowe\/status\/1520596885530193926?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 1, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI finally understand the \u2018too soon\u2019 response to a joke,\u201d Plitsas replied. \u201cThere are a lot of people who were left behind and are suffering after we made a promise to them as a nation. We are not done.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I finally understand the \u201ctoo soon\u201d response to a joke. There are a lot of people who were left behind and are suffering after we made a promise to them as a nation. We are not done. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8FwvDONKlL\">https:\/\/t.co\/8FwvDONKlL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alex Plitsas \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@alexplitsas) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alexplitsas\/status\/1520598537528086528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 1, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Plitsas, an Army veteran who served in both Iraq and Afghanistan, was instrumental in a massive civilian-led rescue operation known as \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/u-s-military-veteran-escapes-ukraine-with-help-of-american-rescue-group\/\">Digital Dunkirk<\/a>\u201d \u2014 so named because of its similarities to the massive civilian rescue operation that took place at Dunkirk between May 26 and June 4 of 1940. Plitsas has worked tirelessly with other civilians and intelligence operators to aid American citizens and Afghan allies in their <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/group-of-veterans-rescues-another-374-evacuees-from-afghanistan\/\">escape from the Taliban<\/a> after President Joe Biden ordered all American troops to leave Afghanistan \u2014 and that work is still ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>Plitsas was not alone in his criticism of the joke, however. Congressman Peter Meijer (R-MI) was not amused either.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHa ha that\u2019s a great joke [at the expense of the tens of thousands of Afghan allies we left behind to rot that @WHCOS\u00a0wants to forget bc it\u2019s the reason why Biden\u2019s favs\/unfavs are absolutely dismal but] lolol great zinger much laughs,\u201d Meijer <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepMeijer\/status\/1520607083359793152\">tweeted<\/a> in response.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor the record Afghanistan is still going on, and not just in the context of throwaway nerd prom jokes about abandoning people who risked their lives for the US,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">For the record Afghanistan is still going on, and not just in the context of throwaway nerd prom jokes about abandoning people who risked their lives for the US <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CYb17F3caJ\">pic.twitter.com\/CYb17F3caJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Peter Meijer (@RepMeijer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepMeijer\/status\/1520607147813339137?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 1, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cLeaving Americans to die on their own in Afghanistan is just a joke to those who think they\u2019re better than you,\u201d another <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AF632\/status\/1520654544887160832\">commented<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>GOP rapid response director Tommy Pigott <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TommyPigott\/status\/1520634248537206784\">added<\/a>, \u201c13 people died trying to save people from his mistakes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Texas Congressional candidate Jenny Garcia Sharon made it clear that she was not impressed either. \u201cI find nothing humorous about the disastrous evacuation that cost the lives of 13 American soldiers \u2026what a disgusting display of callousness. #WHCD,\u201d she <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jenny4congress\/status\/1520633144986140673\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWow. How completely inconsiderate and disgusting of #TrevorNoah, to joke about #Biden\u2019s horrible evacuation from Afghanistan which resulted in the deaths of 13 members of our military. #WHCD,\u201d another <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kimba212Jupiter\/status\/1520628893950136320\">added<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Plitsas, for his part, has carried on with the mission and continues to assist Afghan allies as they slowly make their way out of Taliban-controlled Afghanistan to the United States or other safe countries for refuge.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Four Afghan children who we helped to rescue in Kabul were reunited with their loving mother in New York. She\u2019s experienced health issues and is unable to work. They need help!<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m raising money for Home &#038; Food for Afghan Refugee Children.\ud83d\udc47\ud83c\udffc<\/p>\n<p>Donate: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4LVrxLsZPM\">https:\/\/t.co\/4LVrxLsZPM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alex Plitsas \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@alexplitsas) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alexplitsas\/status\/1519701822272942086?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. We believe in our country, in the value of truth and the freedom to speak it, and in the right to challenge tyranny wherever we see it. 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