welcome to the 2021 rnc summer meeting. there are so many people i need to thank for making this possible, and i'm going to go through it pretty quickly. but they are just wonderful people who make our committee work so well. first, our cochairman, tommy hicks. [applause] our finance chair, who is not with us this weekend. richard walters, our chief of staff. i can't say enough great things about richard. [applause] and all that he does. our chief operating officer tina jackson, our deputy chief of staff, mike reed, our great legal counsel, our rnc i also want to do a little rug for shannon fisher. jenna, where are you? she has been with me for -- shannon. she has been with me for five years. if we could all wish her a happy birthday, 1, 2, 3. happy birthday! she is great. at this point, she is a member of my family so, thank you i want to thank all of our staff. they do such a great job and they help us get closer and closer to victory. we have to think marianna herrera and the member services. [applause] they work so hard

that is what our charges heading into this election as rnc members and leaders. we need to be out there, mobilizing and inspiring others to get involved in the greatest fight we have ever faced. a fight that will determine if we will keep the america we know and love. america's future is always worth fighting for. freedom is always worth fighting for. i am so proud to be in this fight with all of you. i am so optimistic about the next election. i see the energy and passion of people across our country every day. i also see something else. democrats and their radical policies have awakened a sleeping giant. the moms of america. moms are mobilizing against what they are doing to our kids. we will not let you teach our children that they were born racist or oppressed based on the color of their skin. we will fight for school choice and the education for our kids. democrats are the party of limiting opportunity and we are the party of limitless opportunity. we know the best path to the american dreams comes from a good education in the right to choose the best school

rnc and the dnc, and writers had reached the steps. sergeant at arms irving felt the need the speakers approval then, what with the instructions and conversations he had with the speaker's office prior to january 6th? former capitol police chief steve stein has testified irving was concerned as many have said about the optics, and we know the speaker's office was calling

cnn has reached out to him and the rnc for comment but neither has responded.ing florida in the governing body of the rnc. >>> this morning governor andrew cuomo questioned for 11 hours last month about the sexual assault allegations he is facing. the "new york times" reports the interview with the state attorney general's office took place in cuomo's manhattan office on july 17th. the "times" reports the questioning led to a number of tense moments with the governor challenging the fairness and independence of one of the lead investigators. the interview with cuomo is seen by some as a signal that the investigation could be nearing its final stages. >>> five miami beach police officers are facing charges of excessive force of two men at a hotel last week. you may find this video disturbing. prosecutors say that it started when dalton hit an officer with his scooter and then fled into the hotel. surveillance and body cam video shows officers kicking him repeatedly slamming his head on to the floor. you can see all of them there. officers tackled the man recordi

after that, rnc chairwoman mcdaniel speaking at the rnc summit meeting in nashville.ssissippi governor tate reeves gives an update on the states response to the pandemic cash on the state's response -- on the state's response to the pandemic. announcer: other topics included the u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan, threats from china, russia, and iran, and the military's response to sexual assault allegations among service members. this is just over three hours. >> he's going on to do three more of these.

we will bring in congressman emmer also from the rnc chairman.rall question is what the republicans need to do to regain control? >> you have to have great candidates to win races, the right message, and enough resources. that's how you do it. that is what we are doing right now in terms of recruitment and messaging. i have some things i can tell you about the economy and the crime wave across the country and what battleground voters think of those issues. then fundraising. jillian: let's talk about that specifically and look at some numbers this graphic will show the combination between the three of national fundraising committees it looks like democrats are closing in on republicans first are looking at the numbers of the unions. here is a graphic i was talking about here. 20152017 and 2019 and 2021, pretty much neck and neck the gop with 205 million. i understand republicans are raising a lot that sewer democrats. >> if you look at the house , we raised over $45 million the second quarter this year. in fact over 79 million the first six months

i just think if the blame would stop -- the blame being put on biden and if you go to the rnc website you will notice they took down the agreement that trump had with the taliban. if you remember, he wanted to invite them here on september 11 of last year to camp david. i do not know where everybody is getting that it is all biden's fault. he extended the leaving time from may 1 to a few days ago. what would have happened then as compared to now, no one knows. i think he was able to give us a little more time. anyway, it is sad. i am sorry and i hope we can get the afghans who were -- who gave so much aid to us over the 20 years out safely. host: this is a statement yesterday from the leader of the house republicans, kevin mccarthy. the california commerce been saying, joe biden has been commander-in-chief for seven months. the current failure in afghanistan falls squarely on his shoulders. i asked president biden to stop finding excuses for his mistakes and address the country with how he plans to secure u.s. national interests, protect personal on the ground, and assist afghan allie

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when they got caught rnc agreed it a dissent decree. it expired in 2018.taunted and threatened because after nearly four decades the republican party is now free to sabotage elections again without restraint. these operatives behind the robo call are picking up where the rnc left off, which is why the long history of republican trick ry to intimidate voters is tonight's absolute worst. no wonder republicans -- no republicans voted for the john lewis bill to restore the voting rights act. they love violating it. that is tonight's reid out. my guest tomorrow night include alexandria ocasio-cortez. all in with chris hayes starts right now. >>> tonight on "all in" -- >> you know that is my message today, that it is the cure for this. >> you support. >> of course. >> new warnings over human use of livestock medicine to treat covid. >> he said i'm taking ivermectin. he has members of his family on ivermectin, disregarding fda guidance and giving dewormer to

there is almost zero conservative outrage, the rnc didn't condemn the news, republicans didn't say itot of intolerant conservatives who don't want others to have the same rights as them, and last year, tennessee's bigoted republican governor signed legislation that affirmed adoption agencies that discriminated against lbgtq couples, will still get state funding. but fewer republicans seem to be embracing those moves. some have even expressed support for lbgtq individuals. "politico" noted this week that the rnc chair woman's celebration of pride month elicited almost no shock for outrage from republicans. again we don't overstate the case, but that is quite a progression from the 2004 presidential election when george w. bush campaigned on a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage. >> the union of a man and woman deserves an honored place in our society. i support the protection of marriage against activist judges. >> banning same-sex marriage wasn't just part of the republican party platform. it was the party platform. and it is a progression from even a decade ago, when za

the rnc didn't condemn the news, republicans didn't shout how this was the end of parenthood., there are still a lot of intolerant conservatives who don't want lgbt americans to have the same rights as them, especially when it comes to our trans brothers and sisters. and just last year, tendencies bigoted republican governor signed legislation that affirmed adoption agencies that discriminated against lgbt couples will still get state funding. but fewer republicans seem to be embracing those moves. some have even expressed support for lgbtq individuals. politico noted that the rnc celebration of pride month elicited almost no shock or outrage from republicans. don't want to overstate the case, but that's quite a progression from the 2004 presidential election, when george w. bush concept campaigned on a constitutional amendment to ban same sex marriage. >> the union of a man and woman deserves an honored place in our society. i support the protection of marriage against activist judges. [applause] that >> banning same sex marriage wasn't as part of the republican party platfor

by this time pipe bombs had already been found outside the rnc and the dnc, and writers had reached the steps. sergeant at arms irving felt the need the speakers approval then, what with the instructions and conversations he had with the speaker's office prior to january 6th? former capitol police chief steve stein has testified irving was concerned as many have said about the optics, and we know the speaker's office was calling the shots on all of the actions on january 6th but we don't have the details leading up to those conversations, leading up to the six because under the speakers direction the sergeant at arms has denied our house administration official request to preserve documents and communications. i will tell you the capitol police followed our ask and did provide that information. what are they hiding? what is the speaker hiding? unfortunately i don't believe those questions are going to be asked by this committee. and the speaker as we've heard about this press conference is tightly controlling every single question that is coming forth. this is a committee that is suppos

jillian: executive director of america, to be taking indications director at the rnc, kathy medley.ur crystal ball. what does 2022 look like with everything we see going on? >> reporter: with your seeing with president biden in afghanistan and secretary gates said president biden has been wrong in every foreign policy issue of his career. he and the democrats have been wrong on nearly every issue this administration has faced since taking office whether it is ignoring the crisis at the border, rising inflation rates, raising crime rates and we are seeing poll numbers flag for president biden and democrats before the debacle in afghanistan and this has further perpetuated fear among voters and americans about the direction our country is headed. in terms of where this comes next november, took democrats in a politically perilous position and gives republicans their greatest opening yet not just to reclaim the house but to take that message to the american people why they are the right direction forward to get us out of this mess. todd: president biden's approval numbers beginning wit

the ability the afghan military to stand up to the taliban and it's time for our sunday group former rncmunication director doug hi, julie washington bureau trees of the associated press and fox news political analyst. julie, the big question how could president biden have so badly misjudged the strength the cohesion of the afghan government and afghan security forces. i know the pole would show that most americans want the u.s. out of our longest war but are they prepared at the white house for a real blowback when we begin to see those images, horrific images of what the taliban is going to do inside of afghanistan. >> it's remarkable how this jury is shifting and changing on the biden white house as late as friday coming into this weekend even the taliban taken over pretty significant territory in afghanistan the biden white house is really leaning into this idea that the public was with them in politics on the war had shifted in the u.s., that was true and what were actually doing with them right now are bigger questions around intelligence failure, how did we miss at the taliban had

look, the trump world took over the rnc, and bafblg turned it in to a money laundering function for the arer worried about having anyone come in and look what is going on. look, it's a trump party. i hate to say it and it's true, and there's no reason to think it's not going to stay that way. >> what if anything comes out of the january 6 select committee. this was said sunday. >> what we need to know is what happeneder, what is it going to take to find out what happened? it's going take talking to a lot of people. it's going to talk investigations. so i would expect to see a significant number of subpoenas. >> would you support a subpoena to the republican leader in the house and jim jordan? >> i will support subpoenas to anybody who can shed light on it. if that's the leader, it's the leader. >> anybody that can shed light on it, what do you think, cornell? >> you are seeing why mccarthy didn't want serious republicans on that committee about this. becauses the truth of the matter s if that committee doesn't, you know, devolve in to a partisan circus, which he wanted to have done with

columnist for the "new york times" and msnbc contributor michelle goldberg, and former rnc chairman andl analyst michael steele. michelle, president biden is facing some serious heat after withdrawing troops from afghanistan this week. already the taliban has gained ground in the country. the biden administration on the defense today after deciding that now is the time to leave the afghani government and their troops to their own ziss to fight off the taliban. i want you to listen to secretary of state antony blinken on meet the press today. listen to this. >> i have to tell that you the inability of afghan security forces to defend their country has played a very powerful role in what we have seen over the last few weeks. the fact is we invested, the kbrshl community invested over 20 years, billions of dollars in these forces, 300,000 of them. with an air force, something the taliban didn't have, with the most modern sophisticated equipment. tragically, unfortunately, they have not been able to defend the country. >> with people looking at what we are seeing, the planes and the evacuat

patel, and michael steele, former rnc chair and lieutenant governor of maryland. your thoughts, michael, about us not trying to make it harder than it has to be and a member of congress saying you can find things on the internet? >> well, we are in a space where we are making it harder on ourselves, at least some in our communities are doing that because of their abject lack of concern for their family members, their neighbors, they listen to members like that congressman, and while you have to be respectful, i don't. that was not just idioti diotic, and it when you are asked whether or not you are vaccinated your answer is yes or no, and when somebody asks you how to address concerns, your answer should be go to the cdc, or go to my website or the local boards of health, and you have an appropriate places you can give, and your answer is i don't want to take sides and i don't want to get involved, then you don't need the job. unfortunately you are representing a group of people that will likely re-elect you next year, and they need to ask themselves if they want

as they're wrapping up the rnc summer meeting, you noted just days after the insurrection in the winterl very clearly all-in for president trump. not much has changed in the last seven months in terms of where we're at now. so what is that then strategy moving forward into 2022? >> you know, i'm worried. i mean, the republican national committee as an apparatus says as a policy matter donald trump is still leader of the republican party. that will guide what they do in 2022, but, erica, i'm worried about 2024. i think a lack of imagination as to what party loyalists would be willing to do with trump created huge blind spots for the 2020 election. i look back as a republican voter at the 2020 primary season. there wasn't one. erica, they canceled primaries. there were a lot of republican voters and important states, south carolina, arizona, nevada that had no voice. what makes anyone think if the republican party is successful in 2022, there is going to be a republican party in 2024? the whole rationale behind it was that we need to make it easier for trump to get the nomination. i don't

the top rnc official in florida. this guy has been comparing the biden administration's vaccine efforts to nazi-era brown shirts. i mean come on with this crap. our friends at k-file found this. peter feman is the guy's name. he wrote stupidly on his blog the biden brown shirts are beginning to show up at private homes questioning vaccine papers. look, not only is it not true. when are they going to stop with this type of just ugliness, and when will desantis, because this is his state, but republicans in general in leadership not just say i don't agree with that, not just say that's wrong, say he shouldn't say it. shut up, that's what they should be saying. we need to hear it. it's not one and done with this guy. in may he called vaccines a mark of the beast and it wasn't a throwaway. he was making a reference to a symbol from the biblical book of revelations showing allegiance to satan. thursday he wrote the wolves wanting control and power. as for me and my house, we will fight them. look, on one level there is no

some bizarre plot to prevent her from keeping the sweet campaign contributions that the rnc was giving. under this order, at the attorney general said, she's got to pay her opponent's legal fees and i bet she regrets having the republican national committee keep so much of that election defense money that donald trump was raising in basically seeking funds for this faux litigation. >> neal katyal, thank you for joining us tonight, really appreciate it, thank you. >>> coming up, the evacuation in afghanistan continues tonight with the biden administration saying today that they take responsibility for the evacuation. ♪ ♪ and one we explore one that's been paved and one that's forever wild but freedom means you don't have to choose just one adventure ♪ ♪ you get both. introducing the all-new 3-row jeep grand cherokee l jeep. there's only one. men put their skin through a lot. jeep grand cherokee l day-in, day-out. that's why dove men body wash is new and improved with skin-strengthening nutrients and moisturizers... ...that help rebuild your skin with every shower. as someone who resembl

these operatives behind the robo call are picking up where the rnc left off, which is why the long history of republican trick ry to intimidate voters is tonight's absolute worst. no wonder republicans -- no republicans voted for the john lewis bill to restore the voting rights act. they love violating it. that is tonight's reid out. my guest tomorrow night include alexandria ocasio-cortez. all in with chris hayes starts right now. >>> tonight on "all in" -- >> you know that is my message today, that it is the cure for this. >> you support. >> of course. >> new warnings over human use of livestock medicine to treat covid. >> he said i'm taking ivermectin. he has members of his family on ivermectin, disregarding fda guidance and giving dewormer to our inmates at the jail. >> tonight, why so many are being so misled. the pandemic gross around the country. then the january 6th committee issues a raft of document requests. what we know about their demand for white house records. plus, never mind the big lie. how every single house republican just voted against strengthening democracy and what

joining me now, michael steele, former chairman of the rnc, and daniel alonzo, former federal prosecutor for the eastern district of new york and former chief assistant in the manhattan district attorney's office. gentlemen, thank you both very much for coming to "the reidout." i just need to get each of you to react to the new stories that we have out there. chairman steele, i will start with you. the idea that you would have a doj official draft a letter for the attorney general and the deputy attorney general to georgia officials saying, hey, you know, we're going to look into this to maybe override the voice of the people in georgia. >> why not? this was part of the grand orchestration by donald trump trying to manipulate the various parts inside and outside of his administration to move the needle away from the decision that had been clearly made by the american people. so it's not surprising. and i believe that there will be more revelations as more documents are exposed and we get even further, deeper sense of just how corrupt the intent and the actions were around this election.

the rnc had a page error that was touting the withdrawal, right, so it's kind of difficult to see it.ust want to know, what is the over/under on how fast the pivot goes, tom, from we have failed the afghans to you can't bring 20,000 of those people here, they're muslim, right? >> that's a sucker bet because it's already happening. you know, there are republicans already saying can't bring those people here. you know, you can't flood the united states with these terrible immigrants. and, you know, the idea that the republicans are like, hey, that is as predictable as a sunrise. part of the problem, and i think this is the problem that biden faced and i'll even say that trump faced, the american public pretty much wanted to make decisions about this war based on wherever they think their political opponents weren't. >> right. >> and their biggest concern was if the other guy might get credit, and this is something that makes me look like i'm agreeing with something else, then i've got to pick the other thing, and you know, the american public does not have a stable set of preferences ab

former rnc communications director doug high.ace, washington bureau chief the associated press and fox news political analyst juan williams. julie, i guess the big question is how could president biden have so badly misjudged the strength and cohesion of the afghan government and the afghan security forces, and i know that the polls show that most americans want the u.s. out of our longest war, but are they prepared at the white house for a real blowback when we begin to see those images -- horrific images -- about the taliban is going to do inside afghanistan? >> yeah, it's really remarkable i think how this story is shifting and changing on the biden white house. you know, as late as friday coming into this weekend, even after we saw the taliban taking over a pretty significant swath of territory in afghanistan, the biden white house was really leaning into this idea that the public was with them, that politics on the war and shifted in the u.s. him and that was true. i think what we are actually dealing with right now are goin

california rnc committee committee chairwoman harmeet dhillon urged the state gop on twitter not to endorse. she says doing so could discourage voters. his favorite candidate might get snubbed and that could hurt the overall turnout. the republican candidates who have qualified to receive this endorsement if dylan's efforts fail. our conservative talk radio host larry elder, former san diego mayor kevin faulconer state assembly member kevin kiley and former congressman doug o c. you can watch the candidates take the stage in recall debate later this month inside california politics will be hosting the debate live from our kron 4 studio. it airs right here on kron. 4 on thursday, august 19th at 7 o'clock. developing tonight, the first criminal complaint has been filed against new york state governor andrew cuomo following a report that he sexually harassed at least 11 women. >> the complaint was made by a former aide listed as executive assistant. number one in the report filed by the new york attorney general. details of the criminal complaint were not disclosed, but the a g report says tha

former rnc chairman in -- has reportedly formed an exploratory committee, to consider running for governor. currently maryland has a republican governor. which you make of the possibility of there being another republican governor succeeding larry hogan? >> i'm very confident that democrats will win the governor spot in maryland, we have great candidates in maryland. for the democratic nomination. it will be a competitive election. we know that. whenever there is an open seat for governor, you know you're going to get a lot of interest, but i'm very confident, that the vision i have seen from those that are running on the democratic, sides or with the people of a maryland wants. and they want to see that type of progressive leadership in our state. >> maryland senator ben -- i hope you get to bed in a decent hour. tonight until then i'll let you get back to work on capitol hill. thanks very much. coming up, persuading the unvaccinated. preaching in arguing don't really work. but it's technique called motivational interviewing, could help you convince others to get their shots. plus, who be

you know, like the rnc's attempt to literally erase praise for trump's afghanistan withdrawal plan indown troops from 14,000 to some 2,500, while initiating u.s. talks with the taliban in doha without the allied government even having a seat at the table. while former trump secretary of state mike pompeo was busy dunking on president biden, he was hoping everyone would forget his own negotiations with the taliban and his commitment to have, quote, zero u.s. forces in afghanistan by spring 2021. that's right. because last year trump was crowing about this withdrawal deal that was supposed to take place in may. we have very good conversation with leadership of the taliban. we're looking forward to getting it ended and i think we all have a common interest. the relationship is very good that i have with them. do you get that? >> the relationship is very good that i have with the mullah. >> no one has a good relationship with the mullah. the taal bang are not trustworthy which is why the trump administration pressuring the afghan government to release 5,000 taliban prisoners including som

but california rnc committeewoman harmeet dhillon urged the state gop on twitter not to endorse a candidatedoing so could discourage voters whose favorite candidate might get snubbed hurting the overall turn out now the republican candidates who have qualified to receive the endorsement are conservative talk radio host larry elder, former san diego mayor kevin faulconer state assembly member kevin kiley and former congressman doug o c now you can watch all of the candidates take the stage in a recall debate later this month inside california politics is going to be hosting that debate live from our studio. it airs right here on kron. 4 on thursday, august 19th at 7 o'clock. so be sure to set your calendars for that. hey, dave. seeing warming in london about the mid 90's going on. we'll keep it in the 80's up to the north bay. a check of your 4 zone forecast coming up next year. >> 9.44 here on this saturday morning. and dave spahr has got you covered with your weather forecast. dave, how warm is it going to get today. >> we're still looking for warm temperatures. well, inland, although arou

after that, rnc chairwoman mcdaniel speaking at the rnc summit meeting in nashville. later, mississippi governor tate reeves gives an update on the states response to the pandemic cash on the state's response -- on the state's response to the pandemic. announcer: other topics included the u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan, threats from china, russia, and iran, and the military's response to sexual assault allegations among service members. this is just over three hours. >> he's going on to do three more of these. >> like to call this hearing to order. the committee meets today to receive testimony in the presence of the defense budget request for fiscal year 2022. witnesses this morning are secretary lloyd austin, secretary of defense mr. michael mccord under secretary offense defense comtroller and secretary mark milley chairman of the chiefs of staff. thank you for your service and willingness to appear before us today. two weeks ago president biden released his defense budget request for the fiscal year 2022 with a top line of $715 billion. the request focuses on se

we saw it in polls when i was at the rnc.act is when it comes to the policies we are working at the border. they have to overturn them. donald trump put them in they have to overturn them. when it comes to afghanistan donald trump had a deal so we're going through with his plan. they're hesitant on overturning things that they don't like when they do like them they say they can't change them. i think it's unbelievable. this column goes on to also condemn in the gentleness way possible for vice president for generic statement of what's wrong and what needs to be done at the border. this is also going to resonate with a lot of people who are ignoring this story. so it's going to work against them. i don't know who got dressed first this morning kayleigh, i think it was ainsley but you are wearing of the exact same color. i don't know how this happens. you know, every day steve and i call each other to make sure this doesn't happen, can we work something out here? ainsley: i do my best to look as good as kayleigh, i try my harde

. >> as chairman michael steele of the rnc told me a few years ago, trust nancy. more thing for you, chairman harrison, and that is what happens if congress doesn't do anything on voting rights? are you concerned about how that -- what kind of message that sends to the democratic party base in terms of whether they decide to come out and vote in 2022 or not? >> well, jonathan, we are doing everything that we possibly can. the dnc is ramping up its efforts. we're going to increase pressure. we know that this, in september, voting rights will again be on the agenda, legislative agenda in both the house and the senate. we're going to increase pressure on all members. democrats, republicans, everybody in between so that folks understand that this is the most important legislation that we can get passed. and that's the voting rights -- securing the voting rights of all americans. you know, you have a lot of republicans who love to tweet about how much they love john lewis, they love to tweet on martin luther king day what king did and what king said. well, this is thei

joining me now are joan walsh, national affairs correspondent for the nation, michael steele, former rncan, so house moderates basically demanding that there be a vote on the bipartisan infrastructure only -- infrastructure bill. kind of goes counter to what speaker pelosi said from the very beginning, which is don't send one over without the other. i'm not voting -- we're not splitting these up. we need to vote on both. do you think at some point the speaker will have to relent? >> you know, if senator durbin can punt on this one and say i'll wait and see what nancy pelosi does because second guessing her is a bad bet, i think i'm going there. but, you know, jonathan, you pointed this out before, she did set this up, if they had to go together. as reaching out to her progressive side. you know there is pressure. there is no doubt pressure. and if there is a way to get the bipartisan bill across and let some of the progressives fall off, in protest, that might be what she does. i don't know. it is very tough for her. >> maria teresa, what do you think? >> i think the human infrastructure

rnc chair ronna mcdaniel joins us now.se of covid? >> i don't think it is entirely because of covid. the border still factors in. inflation factors in as americans recognize they pay more for everything. they can't go to the small business and get service they want because they don't have enough workers but it is absolutely covid related. this has been a mumbled, jumbled mess from the biden administration and the american people are frustrated by the inconsistencies of messaging coming out of the biden administration. stuart: the president has taken notice of decline in his poll, approval rating because he is doing this special presentation this afternoon. it will be about covid. he will try to end the confusion. what do you say? >> well i wonder if he will talk to some of his colleagues living by one set of rules and telling us all to live by a different set of rules. president obama suddenly mask up on martha's vineyard with the big party this weekend? d.c. mayor mask up while at a celebrity wedding while she tells rest

president trump negotiated with the taliban, as you just showed in the rnc website was touting that. so the question becomes, how do we solve this situation? we have to remind folks that this is something that was negotiated by president trump. he boxed us in many respects. you know, president biden was merely carrying out what his predecessor had negotiated. and i think that is something that this administration will continue to reiterate. no surprise that biden wanted to get out and at the same time also the fact that president trump had negotiated this with the taliban, with secretary pompeo. there wasn't a lot of options left at this point. >> so i can't -- you know, jonathan lemire i know you want to jump in. i don't disagree about trump's involvement with this and that his dealings with the taliban will be downright disgusting and treasonous whatever word you want to use, anti-democratic, not conducive to a good outcome. however you want to describe it. but this is joe biden's. he made this decision. i worry a little bit about the what aboutism, putting it back on trump. you ca

i just think if the blame would stop -- the blame being put on biden and if you go to the rnc websiteou will notice they took down the agreement that trump had with the taliban. if you remember, he wanted to invite them here on september 11 of last year to camp david. i do not know where everybody is getting that it is all biden's fault. he extended the leaving time from may 1 to a few days ago. what would have happened then as compared to now, no one knows. i think he was able to give us a little more time. anyway, it is sad. i am sorry and i hope we can get the afghans who were -- who gave so much aid to us over the 20 years out safely. host: this is a statement yesterday from the leader of the house republicans, kevin mccarthy. the california commerce been saying, joe biden has been commander-in-chief for seven months. the current failure in afghanistan falls squarely on his shoulders. i asked president biden to stop finding excuses for his mistakes and address the country with how he plans to secure u.s. national interests, protect personal on the ground, and assist afghan allies