GOP Sen. Blackburn calls for Biden to resign
GOP Sen. Marsha Blackburn
Marsha BlackburnConservative radio host who regretted vaccine skepticism dies of COVID-19 Sunday shows preview: Chaos in Kabul mars US evacuation efforts GOP senator calls on Biden to fire Sullivan, national security team MORE (Tenn.) on Thursday joined a wave of other Republicans calling on President Biden
Joe BidenBriahna Joy Gray: Progressives can be successful candidates on ‘small-dollar donations’ Trump accuses Jan. 6 panel of trying to distract Overnight Defense & National Security — Breakneck evacuations continue as Biden mulls deadline MORE to resign, a demand that that surged in the hours following multiple bombings around the airport in Kabul, killing at least 12 U.S. service members.
Blackburn issued her demand in a tweet, also calling for the resignations of Vice President Harris, Secretary of State Antony Blinken
Antony BlinkenEmbassy warns Americans to avoid Kabul airport gates Overnight Defense & National Security — Breakneck evacuations continue as Biden mulls deadline Britain tells citizens to avoid Kabul airport, citing ‘high threat’ of terrorist attack MORE, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin
Lloyd AustinOvernight Defense & National Security — Breakneck evacuations continue as Biden mulls deadline Overnight Health Care: Democrats set sights on program to fill gap in Medicaid expansion Pentagon briefs Biden on Afghanistan contingency plans as 400 troops head home MORE and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Mark Milley
Mark MilleyOvernight Defense & National Security — Breakneck evacuations continue as Biden mulls deadline Pentagon briefs Biden on Afghanistan contingency plans as 400 troops head home Official says US working to ensure people can leave Afghanistan post-Aug. 31 MORE.
The GOP senator argued that the president and each of the named administration members “should all resign or face impeachment and removal from office.”
Joe Biden, Kamala Harris
Kamala HarrisJoe Biden and the last tar sands pipeline Harris offers Vietnam help to counter China in South China Sea Two US diplomats to be evacuated from Vietnam after ‘acoustic incidents’: report MORE, Antony Blinken, Lloyd Austin and General Milley should all resign or face impeachment and removal from office.
— Sen. Marsha Blackburn (@MarshaBlackburn) August 26, 2021
Her tweet came minutes after another post in which she noted that Biden “pledged a forceful response against any attack on US servicemembers.”
“He must follow through on his word make these terrorists pay,” she added.
Joe Biden pledged a forceful response against any attack on US servicemembers. He must follow through on his word make these terrorists pay.
— Sen. Marsha Blackburn (@MarshaBlackburn) August 26, 2021
Marine Gen. Kenneth McKenzie, commander of U.S. Central Command, on Thursday confirmed the deaths of the U.S. service members, as well as injuries to at least 15 others, in two suicide bombings around the Kabul airport.
McKenzie added that the blasts at the…
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