Why Biden didn't evacuate Afghan refugees sooner

With JOE BIDEN acknowledging today the process has been “gut-wrenching” and “far from perfect,” there are index fingers aimed in all directions. Some point at the White House’s National Security Council (NSC) for not taking more control of the interagency process. Others look at the White House, suggesting they were wary of right-wing attacks if they allowed a rush of Afghan refugees into the country which then forced the U.S. government to plead with other countries to house Afghan visa applicants…

Others in the administration say that the White House let political fear of GOP attacks make them act too cautiously on relocating Afghans to the U.S.

As one administration official put it: “It’s like they want the credit from liberals for ending the Trump cruelty to immigrants and refugees but they also don’t want the political backlash that comes from actual refugees arriving in America in any sort of large numbers.”