CBS, NBC Ignore Reality Biden Ready to ABANDON Americans in Afghanistan

Nicholas Fondacaro | August 24, 2021
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On Tuesday, President Biden made it clear that he would not extend the evacuation of Americans and allies past his arbitrary August 31 deadline. And with the military’s need to pack up their own stuff and Fox News warning that the military would leave in roughly three days, it was obvious Biden was ready to completely abandon Americans to their fate with the Taliban. And of the big three broadcast networks, ABC’s World News Tonight was the only one to explicitly address what Biden’s plan would result in.

While ABC wasn’t pulling punches, CBS Evening News seemed to either be holding out hope or trying to push the Biden administration’s gaslighting. In an exchange between chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes and anchor Norah O’Donnell, the former noted that “what we still don't know exactly, Norah, is how many Americans are left in Afghanistan who are still trying to get out.”

To which, Norah replied: “President Biden promised if there are any American citizens in Afghanistan he'll stay to get them out.” In reality, Biden said that August 31 was the hard out and the Taliban threatened action if the U.S. was still there.

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