The Home on Wednesday voted in favor of laws to sentence a number of Biden administration officers over the Afghanistan withdrawal of 2021 — and 10 of those that voted in favor have been Democrats.
Amongst these censured within the invoice have been President Biden, Vice President Harris, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Protection Lloyd Austin. The vote on the laws was principally cut up alongside social gathering traces, however 10 Democrats voted with Republicans for the invoice’s passage in a 219-194 vote. Eight Democrats reported not voting.
The ten Democrats who bucked their social gathering, per a roll name from the Home clerk are:
Rep. Yadira Caraveo (Colo.), Rep. Henry Cuellar (Texas), Rep. Don Davis (N.C.), Rep. Jared Golden (Maine), Rep. Vicente Gonzalez (Texas), Rep. Jeff Jackson (N.C.), Rep. Greg Landsman (Ohio), Rep. Susie Lee (Nev.), Rep. Mary Peltola (Alaska) and Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-Wash.).
The Hill has reached out to the State Division, the Division of Protection, Vice President Harris’ workplace and the White Home for remark.
The chaotic withdrawal from the nation noticed Kabul fall again into the arms of Taliban as many Afghans, together with prime officers, fleeing the nation for security.
Final month, a GOP report analyzing the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan painted an image of Biden decided to depart the nation however fumbling preparations.
Biden and the White Home have repeatedly mentioned they don’t have any regrets for the exit plan, through which 13 service members have been killed at an airport attempting to assist folks depart the nation.