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Rep. Jim Banks discussed the potential need for a House Select Committee to investigate President Joe Biden’s decision-making during the Afghanistan withdrawal on “The Ingraham Angle.”
Banks, an Afghanistan veteran, expressed support for such a committee, citing concerns about Biden’s handling of the withdrawal and the loss of lives.
“You know, Congressman Banks, you served in Afghanistan,” Kayleigh McEnany said.
“You were in the Navy. And when I read a Politico report yesterday that aides are scared bleep-less of Biden and then I read about this cover-up, New York magazine calls it a lie. I immediately think about the 13 fallen soldiers in Afghanistan. Biden’s decision-making in Afghanistan. Was he with it? Were lives lost because he did not come forward, and aides were not truthful. Should there be a Select Committee on Biden’s mental health?”
Banks criticized Biden’s statements regarding the fallen soldiers and called for accountability, highlighting the need to uncover the decision-makers behind the Afghanistan withdrawal and hold them responsible.
He emphasized the importance of transparency and addressing the repercussions of the decisions made.
“Yes, Kayleigh, I’m all for it,” Banks said. “Remember, in the debate last Thursday, Joe Biden said that no, no soldier had lost their life on his watch. And that was a complete and utter lie, because either he forgot the 13 heroes who died because of the foolish decisions of — by himself and his administration or he — or he — either he forgot that or he’s trying to cover it up and lie to the American people once again.”
He added, “So, I’m for a Select Committee. I’m for any effort by Congress to hold this administration, this President and the media accountable for the biggest cover-up in American history. They all know this man is senile. He’s unfit to be the president.
“I want to know who’s been making decisions over the last three and a half years that has led to the suffering of the American people and that has emboldened our biggest enemies around the globe, whether Russia, China, North Korea, Hamas, the Iranian proxy groups that have attacked Israel and elsewhere because we have the weakest and most senile commander-in-chief that we’ve ever had in American history in the White House.”
“So, if these aides, if they don’t come willingly, should they be subpoenaed?” McEnany asked.
“Absolutely,” Banks said. “Force them to come before Congress and tell them, tell us who made the decision to abruptly pull out of Afghanistan, pull the rug out — out from — out from underneath the government in Afghanistan, but also our own troops, leaving 13 of our troops dead in Afghanistan because of the decision making that we still don’t have it.”
He added, “I serve on the House Armed Services Committee. They’ve never answered for it. No one’s ever been held accountable for it. I don’t think — I don’t think Joe Biden even knows who made those decisions. I want to know who made those decisions because there were big — there were big repercussions for it.”