How Harris allegedly ghosted Biden during the Afghanistan disaster

Former President Donald Trump on Monday made an effort to remind voters what Vice President Kamala Harris and President Joe Biden failed to do in Afghanistan . Trump focused on the third anniversary of the ISIS-K kamikaze bombing in Afghanistan that killed 13 U.S. service members.

‘As Vice President, Kamala bragged she was the last person in the room, she was the tough one, she was the last person in the room during that disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan decision,’ Trump said at an event on Monday. During the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, Harris limited her public schedule for several days and decided against appearing with Biden as he spoke about the crisis on August 18.

At the time, White House officials told reporters they could expect to see Harris standing with Biden, but at the last minute she opted against the idea, choosing to watch the speech from a side room instead. The only images of Harris throughout the crisis were images and statements carefully released through a pre-approved process on social media.

It was an uncanny response from the vice president who bragged in April of that year that she was the ‘last person in the room’ when President Biden made his decision to withdraw troops from Afghanistan. ‘This is a president who has an extraordinary amount of courage,’ she said to CNN’s Dana Bash, repeating that she was comfortable with Biden’s decision to withdraw troops from the country.

Afterward, it was revealed that Harris was filming a YouTube video about space with child actors for three days in August as the Taliban was rapidly seizing control of Afghanistan. Harris re-emerged on August 20 and stood masked with Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan as President Joe Biden delivered another speech on Afghanistan.

She left Washington, D.C., on August 22 for a trip to Singapore, finally breaking her silence about the issue. When reporters shouted out questions on the tarmac prior to her departure, Harris started laughing before claiming that the administration was taking the issue seriously. ‘We couldn’t have a higher priority right now,’ she said, even though she was leaving the country to focus on Singapore.

Harris also defended Biden’s handling of the disaster on August 23 during a press conference, focusing on his public reaction to the images of the unfolding chaos. Harris avoided a question about her endorsement of the Biden’s plan to withdraw from the country, choosing instead to focus on the president’s immediate response. ‘The president has, I think, shown great emotion in expressing sadness about some of the images we have seen,’ she said.

On August 26, a kamikaze bomb was detonated at the Kabul airport, killing 13 American service members. Harris reacted by issuing a statement but did not publicly address the attack. She hosted an event with U.S. service members in Hawaii during her trip home but closed it to the press. Afterwards she ignored shouted questions from reporters after returning to Washington, D.C.

Harris recognized the third anniversary of the Kabul airport bombing in a statement released Monday morning. ‘On this solemn day, let us come together as one nation to honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice three years ago on behalf of the United States and our cherished freedoms,’ the statement read. ‘In their memory, let us re-dedicate ourselves to the cause they gave their lives for: to protect and defend the greatest democracy on Earth, the United States of America.’

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