Democrat on Biden’s claim some Afghans didn’t want to leave sooner: “Utter BS”

representing Seth MoultonSeth Moulton Democrat on Biden’s claim that some Afghans did not want to leave sooner: “Utter BS” House Democrat on withdrawal from Afghanistan: “It’s a disaster” (D-Mass.) Reprimanded President BidenJoe BidenUtah “eager” to help resettle Afghan refugees: Gov. Pelosi lobbies moderate Democrats amid budget stalemate.says some Afghans were not evacuated from the country earlier because they did not want to leave.

“It’s completely BS,” Moulton said at a Tuesday press conference, Boston.com reported.

“I mean, don’t tell me Afghans don’t want to leave when there has been a backlog of special immigrant visa applications for over a decade,” Moulton said. “Don’t tell me they don’t want to leave when they’re literally hanging on to planes trying to get out of this country. It was the one part of the president’s speech that I not only disagreed with, but thought it was just total BS.

Moulton’s remarks come after Biden delivered a speech Monday afternoon tackle the chaos surrounding the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, as thousands of US citizens and Afghan allies remain in the country after the Taliban took control of Kabul.

“I know there are concerns as to why we didn’t start evacuating Afghan civilians sooner,” Biden said. “Part of the answer is that some Afghans did not want to leave sooner, still hopeful for their country. Partly because the Afghan government and its supporters discouraged us from organizing a mass exodus to avoid triggering, as they have said, a crisis of confidence.

Moulton issued a statement ahead of Biden’s speech after Kabul fell to the Taliban on Sunday, calling the fall a “disaster” and “inevitable.”

“To say that today is nothing but a disaster would be dishonest. Worse, it was preventable. The time to debate whether we stay in Afghanistan is over, but there is still time to debate how we manage our retirement, ”Moulton said in a statement. declaration.

“For months, I have called on the administration to evacuate our allies immediately, not to wait for paperwork, precarious agreements with third countries, or time to make things look more ‘orderly’ “, he added.