{"id":674807,"date":"2021-08-23T07:36:18","date_gmt":"2021-08-23T11:36:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=674807"},"modified":"2021-08-23T07:36:21","modified_gmt":"2021-08-23T11:36:21","slug":"schumer-colbert-dance-as-thousands-of-americans-trapped-in-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/schumer-colbert-dance-as-thousands-of-americans-trapped-in-afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Schumer, Colbert Dance As Thousands of Americans Trapped In Afghanistan"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fschumer-colbert-dance-as-thousands-of-americans-trapped-in-afghanistan%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=674807&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:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1211758551.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>On Saturday, backlash erupted after Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, 70, joined late-night television host Stephen Colbert, 57, to dance backstage at the We Love NYC concert while thousands of Americans were trapped in Afghanistan after the disastrous U.S. pullout implemented by President Biden.<\/p>\n<p>Ne York mayor Bill de Blasio\u2019s press secretary Bill Neidhardt, who was a former spokesman for hard-left U.S. senator Bernie Sanders, tweeted out a video of the two men dancing, captioning the video, \u201c\u200bBackstage antics\u200b.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"4.3956043956044\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Backstage antics <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3v2Ge3E9zM\">pic.twitter.com\/3v2Ge3E9zM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bill Neidhardt (@BNeidhardt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BNeidhardt\/status\/1429215509778685954?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 21, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Asked last week about the decisions President Biden had made vis-\u00e0-vis the disastrous American pullout from Afghanistan, Schumer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wwnytv.com\/2021\/08\/18\/senator-chuck-schumer-reacts-situation-afghanistan-says-he-isnt-pointing-fingers\/\">dodged<\/a>, \u201cYeah, I\u2019m not going to get into pointing fingers right now. Job one, get the people home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last April, appearing on CNN\u2019s \u201cNew Day\u201d with host John Bernman, Schumer said of Biden\u2019s decision to pull out of Afghanistan by September 11, \u201cIt\u2019s refreshing to have a thought-out plan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Berman asked, \u201cYou were critical last year of President Trump\u2019s decision to reduce the Trump levels in Afghanistan because you said it was an incoherent policy. How do you feel now about President Biden\u2019s decision?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think President Biden has come up with a careful \u2014 careful and thought out plan,\u201d Schumer replied. \u201cLook, John, the president doesn\u2019t want endless wars. I don\u2019t want endless wars. And neither do the American people. And it\u2019s refreshing to have a thought-out plan with a set timetable instead of the president waking up one morning getting out of bed and just saying what just pops into his head and then having the generals walk it back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, I think this is a careful, thought-out plan,\u201d he continued. \u201cNow, there are questions that remain. I am happy to let you know that the administration has agreed to a classified briefing for all senators, which we\u2019ll have shortly so questions can be answered. But I think the president\u2019s plan is a very good one. You want to make sure that the September 11 date is stuck, is a date that sticks. That it\u2019s not kicking the can down the road. \u2026 I\u2019ve spoken to administration people and they believe just that as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As for Colbert, last week he seemingly compared the violent Taliban to the Capitol rioters on January 6 as well as blaming both parties rather than Biden for the debacle in Afghanistan as he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/hollywood\/2021\/08\/late-night-television-tackles-the-heartbreaking-situation-in-afghanistan%20%20%5D\">taunted<\/a>, \u201cWhy should our soldiers be fighting radicals in a civil war in Afghanistan? We\u2019ve got our own on Capitol Hill. \u2026 What\u2019s happening now is the responsibility of both parties, and the American people who voted them into office.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The video of the two men dancing angered people on social media, triggering comments like these among many others:<\/p>\n<p>Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX): \u201cCelebrating the demise of the Republic.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.1047619047619\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Celebrating the demise of the Republic\u2026. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ubdgiQW5pQ\">https:\/\/t.co\/ubdgiQW5pQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tedcruz\/status\/1429269992755765256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 22, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Byron York, the chief political correspondent of the Washington Examiner, bristled, \u201cLeadership in a time of crisis.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"4.8979591836735\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Leadership in a time of crisis. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/V1GNHT1cpV\">https:\/\/t.co\/V1GNHT1cpV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Byron York (@ByronYork) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ByronYork\/status\/1429221264342798336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 21, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Writer Caleb Howe: \u201cEveryone do the Kabul shuffle!\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"4.9292929292929\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;Everyone do the Kabul shuffle!&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cqSTI5JLUg\">https:\/\/t.co\/cqSTI5JLUg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Caleb Howe (@CalebHowe) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CalebHowe\/status\/1429244836801044480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 22, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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