Ten Democrats have turned on the Biden-Harris regime to support a Republican motion to censure officials over the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan. The resolution passed in the House by a vote of 219 to 194. Democrats who supported the measure included Reps. Jared Golden (D-ME), Mary Peltola (D-AK), Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Greg Landsman (D-OH), and Jeff Jackson (D-NC).
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) introduced the bill, which followed a yearslong investigation into the disastrous withdrawal. McCaul stresses that the government has failed to hold anyone accountable for the operation, which he describes as “one of the most devastating foreign policy blunders in American history.”
He argues that officials prioritized appearances over security, causing the deaths of 13 U.S. servicemembers in an attack in Kabul.
The resolution mentions 15 current or former members of the Biden-Harris regime. President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, and Secretary of State Antony Blinken are all mentioned.
McCaul is also spearheading efforts to hold Secretary Blinken in contempt for obstructing the investigation and not appearing at the committee when subpoenaed. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) will consider the resolution after a six-week recess.
Most regard the U.S. withdrawal during the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan as a disaster. Historian Victor Davis Hanson called it the “greatest humiliation since Saigon.”
“We left our allies hanging without notice. We left thousands of American contractors, tens of thousands of sympathetic Afghans who were murdered or are sought out,” he said.