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With reports that the military was beginning to withdraw from the Kabul airport long before all Americans were evacuated from Afghanistan, former Republican Matthew Dowd made an appearance on CNN’s Erin Burnett OutFront on Tuesday to prove to everyone he was living in another reality. According to his rambling, Biden was America’s miracle worker that deserved praise because he had allegedly done “yeoman’s work” and turned the situation around.
He was encouraged by fill-in host Kate Bolduan, who wanted to know if Biden was “inherently betting that the American people are with him on this in the long run? Do you think he is making the right bet?”
Dowd wasted no time in tooting his own horn by reminding Bolduan that “I actually have a lauded the President from the very beginning about Afghanistan.” He then tried to rewrite the history of Biden’s terrible decision-making by claiming he was “dealt a horrible situation” and “he's done an extremely good job in the situation.”
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