More on Afghanistan’s refugees
The response from the right: We feel sorry for the Afghans and we blame President Biden for their plight. (Hey, but that doesn’t mean we want Afghans coming here.)
From Fox’s Laura Ingraham
Ingraham: Is it really our responsibility to welcome thousands of refugees from Afghanistan? pic.twitter.com/Sopvx4RJ0H
— Acyn (@Acyn) August 17, 2021
From Fox’s Tucker Carlson
Tucker Carlson, already going there: "If history is any guide, and it’s always a guide, we will see many refugees from Afghanistan resettle in our country, and over the next decade, that number may swell to the millions. So first we invade, and then we are invaded." pic.twitter.com/4ES5fz4reb
— Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona) August 17, 2021
From right wing organizer, Charlie Kirk
Charlie Kirk says Biden intentionally let Afghanistan fall because he "wants a couple hundred thousand more Ilhan Omars to come into America to change the body politic permanently" pic.twitter.com/JaLXtuEvWb
— Jason Campbell (@JasonSCampbell) August 16, 2021
Liberal blogger, Jeff Tiedrich, sums it up nicely
"why won't Joe Biden help the Afghan people and he better not bring them here" is some industrial-strength incoherent bullshit, even for today's hypocritical Republicans
— Jeff Tiedrich (@itsJeffTiedrich) August 17, 2021