Weekly Wrap

August 20, 2021

This Week: At A Glance

Monday, Winning For Women's attention turned to the women and children who will be gravely affected by the Biden Administration’s failed strategy to pull our troops out of Afghanistan over the weekend. Click below to read more. 

Tuesday, Rep. Ashley Hinson (IA-01) called out the Biden administration for its complete lack of a strategy following the decision to leave Afghanistan.

Wednesday, Winning For Women and the Vandenberg Coalition hosted an emergency Member briefing on Afghanistan, how to help Afghan women and girls, and the path forward. The briefing featured several GOP Congresswomen and key foreign policy experts, including Elliott Abrams, former Ambassador Kelley Currie, former Ambassador Nathan Sales, Kim Kagan, Carrie Fillipetti.

Also, Rep. Stephanie Bice (OK-05) joined a number of freshman class members in signing a petition requesting the immediate and safe removal of American citizens stuck in the country. 

Former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley reminded Americans of the true nature of the Taliban and called on the Biden Administration to be clear-eyed about the “brutal terrorist organization.”  

Thursday, Rep. Nancy Mace (SC-01) provided insight into the many repercussions America will have to face after this fatal and poorly executed plan. 

In The News

Axios: The Afghanistan exit. President Biden on Thursday rejected the notion that Afghanistan will look the same on the 20th anniversary of 9/11 as it did when the Taliban first ruled, telling ABC's George Stephanopoulos: "There was a guy named Osama bin Laden still alive and well."

Breitbart: oe Biden Claims ‘No One’s Being Killed Right Now’ in Kabul Despite Reports of 12 Deaths. President Joe Biden claimed in an interview Wednesday no one was getting killed around the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, despite reports of 12 deaths in the area.

The Hill: Poll: 37 percent of voters say the CDC is moving too slow in addressing the delta variant. Thirty-seven percent of voters say the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is moving too slow in its response to the delta variant of the coronavirus, a new Hill-HarrisX poll finds.

Fox News: UK member of Parliament: 'Shameful' for Biden to claim Afghan troops ran.  

United Kingdom Member of Parliament Tom Tugendhat lamented the rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan while chastising President Biden for how he has blamed Afghan forces by accusing them of giving up.

NBC News: Women and girls in Afghanistan are 'petrified.' This is what women's rights organizations are doing about it. The Taliban has taken control of Afghanistan, plunging the nation into a humanitarian crisis that is particularly dangerous for the country’s 14 million women and girls.

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