{"id":665232,"date":"2021-08-20T10:35:24","date_gmt":"2021-08-20T14:35:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=665232"},"modified":"2021-08-20T10:35:42","modified_gmt":"2021-08-20T14:35:42","slug":"lindsey-graham-if-we-leave-any-americans-behind-or-any-afghan-allies-joe-biden-deserves-to-be-impeached","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lindsey-graham-if-we-leave-any-americans-behind-or-any-afghan-allies-joe-biden-deserves-to-be-impeached\/","title":{"rendered":"Lindsey Graham: \u2018If We Leave Any Americans Behind\u2019 Or Any Afghan Allies, \u2018Joe Biden Deserves To Be Impeached\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/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%2Flindsey-graham-if-we-leave-any-americans-behind-or-any-afghan-allies-joe-biden-deserves-to-be-impeached%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=665232&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--><p>Republican South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham called for President Joe Biden\u2019s impeachment Friday if he leaves \u201cany American\u201d or any allies behind in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re duty-bound to get every American citizen now. We\u2019re honor-bound to get those Afghans who fought along our side out and here\u2019s what I would say: if we leave any Americans behind, if we leave thousands of those Afghans who fought along our side behind bravely, Joe Biden deserves to be impeached for a high crime and misdemeanor of dereliction of duty,\u201d Graham told \u201cFox &amp; Friends\u201d co-host Steve Doocy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we leave one American behind, if we don\u2019t get all those Afghans who have stepped up to the plate to help us out, then Joe Biden in my view has committed a high crime and misdemeanor under the Constitution and should be impeached,\u201d Graham continued. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/13\/erik-prince-afghanistan-tucker-carlson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: \u2018Failed Leadership\u2019: Erik Prince Says Victory In Afghanistan \u2018Pissed Away By Half-Baked Politicians In Washington\u2019)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Graham claimed that Biden has advocated similar policies in Iraq and \u201chas been a wrecking ball regarding foreign policy, national security for 40 years.\u201d The senator also argued that a residual force in Afghanistan functioned as \u201can insurance policy against 9\/11\u201d and reiterated his demand that Biden is impeached if he fails to evacuate Americans and Afghan allies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAny military commander would be court-martialed for leaving our people behind and I think the commander-in-chief owes it to every American citizen and owes it to the Afghans who fought along our side to get them out because if we leave them behind they\u2019re going to get slaughtered,\u201d he claimed, adding that the consequences of the unfolding crisis will make it more difficult for America to attract allies and make another 9\/11 terrorist attack more likely.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Trump left troops on the ground as an insurance policy against another 9\/11. The French and the British are willing to go into Afghanistan to get their people out: I would urge President Biden to do joint military operations with a coalition of the willing so we get everyone out who deserves to be taken out.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/17\/donald-trump-flames-joe-biden-afghanistan-withdrawal-greatest-embarrassment-history-country\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Trump Flames Afghanistan Withdrawal, Calls It \u2018The Greatest Embarrassment \u2026 In The History Of Our Country\u201d)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7263773\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"36\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7263773\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7263773\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1234738585-scaled-e1629327160737.jpg\" alt=\"Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid (L) attends the first press conference in Kabul on August 17, 2021, following their stunning takeover of Afghanistan. (Photo by HOSHANG HASHIMI\/AFP via Getty Images)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1234738585-scaled-e1629327160737.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1234738585-scaled-e1629327160737-279x120.jpg 279w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1234738585-scaled-e1629327160737-620x266-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1234738585-scaled-e1629327160737-768x330-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1234738585-scaled-e1629327160737-1536x660-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1234738585-scaled-e1629327160737-2048x880-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7263773\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid (L) attends the first press conference in Kabul on August 17, 2021, following their stunning takeover of Afghanistan. (Photo by HOSHANG HASHIMI\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Taliban&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/15\/taliban-fighters-enter-kabul-afghan-president-ashraf-ghani-flees\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">wrested control<\/a> of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sunday after the Afghan army collapsed and the nation\u2019s president fled. Some Afghanis, fearing they will be targeted by the Taliban, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/16\/video-people-running-kabul-airport-artillery-afghanistan-taliban\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">clung to a U.S. Air Force C-17 transport aircraft<\/a> in hopes of being airlifted out of the country.<\/p>\n<p>The American embassy in Kabul&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/af.usembassy.gov\/security-alert-u-s-embassy-kabul-august-18-2021\/\">announced<\/a> Wednesday that it \u201ccannot guarantee safe passage\u201d for Americans trying to get to the airport and return home.&nbsp; Defense Secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/18\/defense-secretary-lloyd-austin-close-evacuations-afghanistan\/\">Lloyd Austin<\/a> also said Wednesday that U.S. forces have not met evacuation goals, and meanwhile, the State Department <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JacquiHeinrich\/status\/1428424982783217672\">has confirmed<\/a> reports that the Taliban is forcibly stopping Americans from getting to the airport.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration was <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/19\/biden-administration-charging-citizens-evacuation-flights-kabul\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reportedly charging<\/a> Americans to board flights leaving Afghanistan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham called for President Joe Biden\u2019s impeachment Friday if he leaves \u201cany American\u201d or any allies behind in Afghanistan.\u201cWe\u2019re duty-bound to get every American citizen &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-665232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=665232"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665232\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=665232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=665232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=665232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}