{"id":681192,"date":"2021-08-24T20:22:07","date_gmt":"2021-08-25T00:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=681192"},"modified":"2021-08-24T20:22:09","modified_gmt":"2021-08-25T00:22:09","slug":"house-gop-leaders-hold-press-conference-on-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-gop-leaders-hold-press-conference-on-afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"House GOP leaders hold press conference on 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\">16<\/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%2Fhouse-gop-leaders-hold-press-conference-on-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=681192&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 id=\"attachment_2499851\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2499851\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) speaks during a news conference with members of the Republican caucus, some of them military veterans, to criticize the Biden Administration\u2019s handling of the withdrawal from Afghanistan outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 5:15 PM PT \u2013 Tuesday, August 24, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>House Republicans, many of whom served in Afghanistan themselves, took to the steps of the Capitol building for their impassioned pleas to the Biden administration to get Americans safely out of Afghanistan. House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) opened up Tuesday\u2019s press conference to reassure those Americans still trapped in Afghanistan that despite the White House\u2019s neglect, Republicans remained dedicated to their safe return home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo those Americans who are still abandoned behind enemy lines, we want to let you know you are our top priority,\u201d he asserted. \u201cOur number one priority here as House Republicans is to make sure every single American who has been stranded behind enemy lines is safely returned home to the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;Our number one priority here as House Republicans is to make sure every single American who has been stranded behind enemy lines is safely returned home to the United States.&#8221; \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SteveScalise?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SteveScalise<\/a> on Americans stranded in Afghanistan. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/q1sIkA1kDf\">pic.twitter.com\/q1sIkA1kDf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 House Republicans (@HouseGOP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HouseGOP\/status\/1430189028553359365?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 24, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) served on the front lines in Afghanistan to train and advice the Afghan army as well as the police force. As a military sales officer, his job was also to acquire and turn over American military equipment to the Afghans he trained.<\/p>\n<p>He went on to say, \u201cyou can imagine how shameful I find it that all of that today all of that equipment has fallen in to the hands of the Taliban.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Banks added in Biden\u2019s hasty withdrawal, the administration left the enemy with $85 billion worth of equipment. This included 75,000 vehicles, 200 airplanes and helicopters, more than 600,000 small arms and light weapons, night vision goggles and body armor.<\/p>\n<p>He expressed, \u201cif any of these weapons or this military equipment is used to harm, injure or kill any American now or anytime in the future, the blood is on Joe Biden\u2019s hands.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">You\u2019re going to be hearing more and more about ISIS-K in the days to come. The situation that Joe Biden has created in Afghanistan will only mean a rise of ISIS there that poses a real and direct threat to the USA and Joe Biden knows it.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jim Banks (@RepJimBanks) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepJimBanks\/status\/1430280316007108612?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 24, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Taliban has reportedly acquired more Black Hawk helicopters than 85 percent of the countries in the world as well as biometric devices with identifying information, which has put our Afghan allies and their families in imminent danger.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Taliban now has biometric devices, which have the fingerprints, eye scans and biographical information of all the Afghans who helped us and were on our side over the last twenty years,\u201d he explained. \u201cThere is no plan to get those weapons back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Mike Waltz (R-Fla.) said the Intelligence community has been clear in its repeated briefings the Taliban take over meant America was going to face \u201cal Qaeda 3.0.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow many are going to die now because they are going to have to fight their way through our own equipment, our own damn equipment, to deal with al Qaeda 3.0?\u201d he questioned \u201cAre we going to have another Pulse Night Club, another San Bernardino, another 9\/11 because of that incompetence?<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">When future American soldiers have to go back in to deal with the incompetence of this Administration, they are going to have to fight through OUR OWN EQUIPMENT &amp; more lives will be lost.<\/p>\n<p>That blood will be on the Biden Admin&#8217;s hands and Congress WILL hold them accountable. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zMsc5vaIXJ\">pic.twitter.com\/zMsc5vaIXJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Mike Waltz (@michaelgwaltz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/michaelgwaltz\/status\/1430232148783640584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 24, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Rep. Jack Bergman (R-Mich.), having achieved the rank of Lieutenant General in the U.S. Marine Corps, has understood the mission was far from over.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you win, you also leave no one behind. Leadership shows, but leadership only shows when it\u2019s put to the test. Well folks, we\u2019re being put to the test right now,\u201d he expressed. \u201cThe world is watching. Our Afghan partners and families are praying. We are praying. Mr. President, step up or step out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden has remained stern on the August 31 withdrawal deadline, with his administration continuing to say all Americans would be evacuated by that date.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/mccarthy-calls-on-democrats-to-stand-up-to-taliban\/\">McCarthy Calls On Democrats To Stand Up To Taliban<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) speaks during a news conference with members of the Republican caucus, some of them military veterans, to criticize the Biden Administration\u2019s handling of the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"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-681192","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\/681192","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\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=681192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/681192\/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=681192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=681192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=681192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}