{"id":734397,"date":"2021-09-09T14:35:13","date_gmt":"2021-09-09T18:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=734397"},"modified":"2021-09-09T14:35:16","modified_gmt":"2021-09-09T18:35:16","slug":"we-are-at-the-mercy-of-terrorists-kayleigh-mcenany-responds-to-taliban-grounded-flights-in-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-are-at-the-mercy-of-terrorists-kayleigh-mcenany-responds-to-taliban-grounded-flights-in-afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018We Are At The Mercy Of Terrorists\u2019: Kayleigh McEnany Responds To Taliban-Grounded Flights 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\">30<\/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-at-the-mercy-of-terrorists-kayleigh-mcenany-responds-to-taliban-grounded-flights-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=734397&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\/09\/Screenshot-194-e1631212004490.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Former White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany responded to Taliban-grounded flights in Afghanistan, saying the U.S. is \u201cat the mercy of terrorists.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McEnany, a co-host on Fox News\u2019s \u201cOutnumbered\u201d show, responded to White House press secretary Jen Psaki\u2019s statement that the White House is \u201cgetting closer\u201d to evacuating all Americans from Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s not a laughing matter or a smiling matter, and that is an admission that we\u2019re not close to getting Americans out,\u201d McEnany responded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have left Americans behind. That is a hard, cold fact. Another fact is that we are at the mercy of terrorists right now. We are at the mercy of the Taliban. They are dictating terms,\u201d McEnany said.<\/p>\n<p>McEnany criticized the Secretary of State Antony Blinken for saying the Taliban are not letting Americans leave. \u201cIt\u2019s a stunning admission as to where we are.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"7.8835978835979\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Taliban has essentially taken Americans hostage, and Biden is directly responsible. Unbelievable \u2b07\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kncEjkZIPB\">https:\/\/t.co\/kncEjkZIPB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kayleigh McEnany (@kayleighmcenany) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kayleighmcenany\/status\/1435658933855719424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 8, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Taliban reportedly cleared around 200 people, including Americans, to fly out of the Kabul airport Thursday after days of keeping planes grounded.<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/06\/biden-taliban-afghanistan-mccaul\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Biden Admin Says It Does Not Have The \u2018Assets\u2019 To Prevent Taliban From Reportedly Grounding Planes Trying To Leave Afghanistan)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Qatari flight to Doha, Qatar, was reportedly made up of Americans, U.S. green card holders, and other nationalities, including Germans, Hungarians and Canadians, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/middle-east-afghanistan-qatar-kabul-taliban-171fa64b4ed5514b44834257b4d5d457\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to The Associated Press.<\/p>\n<p>A State Department spokesperson <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/09\/taliban-200-people-westerners-americans-departure-kabul-afghanistan-airport\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">told<\/a> the Caller Thursday, \u201cour efforts to assist U.S. citizens and others to whom we have a special commitment are ongoing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have been working around the clock to facilitate safe passage of Americans seeking to leave Afghanistan. Due to security considerations, we don\u2019t have more to share at this time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Republican Texas Rep. Michael McCaul <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/05\/michael-mccaul-taliban-hostage-mazar-i-sharif\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a> Sunday that six planes at the Mazar-i-Sharif airport were not allowed to leave. \u201cSix airplanes with American citizens on them as I speak, also with these interpreters, and the Taliban is holding them, hostage, for demands right now,\u201d McCaul told Fox News\u2019s, Chris Wallace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany responded to Taliban-grounded flights in Afghanistan, saying the U.S. is \u201cat the mercy of terrorists.\u201dMcEnany, a co-host on Fox News\u2019s \u201cOutnumbered\u201d show, responded &#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-734397","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\/734397","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=734397"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/734397\/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=734397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=734397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=734397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}