McConnell Condemns Biden-Harris Admin. Plea Deal with 9/11 Terrorists
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) released the following statement today regarding the Biden-Harris Administration’s reported plea deal with 9/11 terrorists: “The Biden-Harris Administration’s weakness in the face of sworn enemies of the American people apparently knows no bounds. The plea deal with terrorists – including Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the mastermind […]
Fight Against Terrorism Will Not end Just Because Politicians Want to Wish It Away
ASHLAND, KY – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks regarding Afghanistan today at an event sponsored by the Ashland Alliance – the Chamber of Commerce and the Economic Development Agency for Boyd and Greenup Counties: “This was a disgraceful and disastrous departure that will allow the Taliban and Al Qaeda to […]
ICYMI: Leader McConnell on ‘America’s Newsroom’
LOUISVILLE, KY – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) joined Bill Hemmer and Dana Perino on Fox News this morning. See below for highlights or click here to watch to the full interview: On President Biden’s Reckless Decision to Leave Afghanistan: “First let me say this is one of the greatest foreign policy disasters in American history. […]
McConnell: “This Catastrophic Decision Rests with the Commander-in-Chief Who Made It.”
LOUISVILLE, KY – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) issued the following statement today regarding Afghanistan and the Biden Administration’s response: “U.S. servicemembers and diplomats are now engaged in a round-the-clock mission to get American citizens, loyal partners, and vulnerable Afghans out of Kabul. The task is difficult and dangerous. Their efforts under pressure […]
ICYMI: McConnell on CBS Evening News
LOUISVILLE, KY – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) joined CBS Evening News last night. See below for highlights or click here to watch to the full interview: On the Biden Administration’s Disastrous Withdrawal from Afghanistan: “We shouldn’t have made this decision in the first place. We only had 2,500 troops there – light touch, […]
ICYMI: McConnell on The Hugh Hewitt Show
LOUISVILLE, KY – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) joined The Hugh Hewitt Show this morning. See below for highlights or click here to listen to the full interview: On the Benefits of Keeping a Small-Force Footprint in Afghanistan: “This is a colossal mistake. You know, Hugh, I’m somebody who believes that the light-touch deployment we had […]
ICYMI: McConnell on Fox News Channel’s ‘Special Report with Bret Baier’
LOUISVILLE, KY – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) joined Bret Baier on Fox News Channel’s ‘Special Report with Bret Baier’ tonight. See below for highlights or click here to watch the full interview: On the Biden’s Administration’s Precipitous and Incompetent Withdrawal from Afghanistan: “Well, first, let’s talk about the decision to withdraw, […]
McConnell on Biden’s Afghanistan Collapse: “The Embarrassment of a Superpower Laid Low”
LOUISVILLE, KY – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) issued the following statement after receiving a Biden Administration briefing on the deteriorating security situation in Afghanistan: “The Biden Administration’s botched exit from Afghanistan including the frantic evacuation of Americans and vulnerable Afghans from Kabul is a shameful failure of American leadership. “The rapid advance of the Taliban was expected after […]
McConnell Speaks with Afghanistan’s Ambassador Raz
LOUISVILLE, KY – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) issued the following statement after speaking with Afghanistan’s Ambassador to the United States, Adela Raz: “I just spoke to Afghanistan’s Ambassador to the United States, Adela Raz. We had an urgent conversation about the deteriorating security situation in Afghanistan and the unfolding humanitarian crisis. “This […]
Afghanistan is Careening Toward a Massive, Predictable, and Preventable Disaster
LOUISVILLE, KY – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) issued the following statement regarding Afghanistan: “Afghanistan is careening toward a massive, predictable, and preventable disaster. And the Administration’s surreal efforts to defend President Biden’s reckless policy are frankly humiliating. “The Biden Administration has reduced U.S. officials to pleading with Islamic extremists to spare our Embassy as […]