Republicans Are Actually Making Pro-Taliban Remarks In Another Bizarre Attempt To Own The Libs

It didn’t take long for the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan to become a political talking point for both Republicans and Democrats to attempt to weaponize against the other. Republicans are pointing the finger at President Biden for the chaos the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan has created, while Democrats are reminding everyone that it was actually Donald Trump who negotiated with the Taliban to make this happen. But for awhile, it seemed that at least we were all agreeing that what’s going on in Afghanistan is both heartbreaking and deeply concerning, even if we couldn’t agree on who to blame.

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That no longer seems to be the case. A number of well-known Republicans have gotten so hyper-focused on finding a way to shift all blame, outrage, and mockery onto their political enemies that they seem to actually be saying positive things about the Taliban in the process.

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Colorado representative Lauren Boebert, rightwing commentator Nick Fuentes, and Donald Trump Jr. are among those facing criticism for what amount to pro-Taliban remarks.

And they aren’t the only ones more interested in sticking it to the libs than uniting against a common enemy or even for a common good.

The Taliban spokesperson has taken more questions from US media in recent days than the President of the United States.

— Ronna McDaniel (@GOPChairwoman) August 16, 2021

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In any pre-2016 timeline, any public figures in the United States making comments like this would have been excoriated, but now, it hardly seems surprising. 

GOP would elect Taliban members to congress if they thought it would “own the Libs.”

— UNAUTHORIZEDBEAST- MOZART: Woodwind Serenades Böhm (@Unauthorizedbe1) August 16, 2021

I have been grimly thinking “oh great, this is all a training video for our extremists” all weekend

— Jessica Ellis (@baddestmamajama) August 16, 2021

When you think about it, they do have a lot in common

– both a cult
– both love the poorly educated
– anti-women’s rights
-anti-abortion
-ant-democracy
-pro-Terrorism

— TheSadTruth (@ReportsDaNews) August 15, 2021

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It’s getting really hard to tell the difference between Taliban press conferences & those of the GOP… they, quite literally, have the same exact talking points.

— William LeGate (@williamlegate) August 17, 2021

Here’s a tweet from @mikepompeo that was posted at 9:00 am on 9/12/20, He says, “The Taliban must seize this opportunity” and shows himself with Mullah Beradar, the new Taliban leader of Afghanistan.

There’s nothing ambiguous about this. The Trump administration was pro-Taliban. pic.twitter.com/pWNX82EWKQ

— Vote Blue in 2022 (@jwhoopes2) August 16, 2021

It’s also worth noting that just last month, 16 Republicans — including Boebert — voted against speeding up the process to help Afghans who aided U.S. troops against the Taliban flee the country.

Meanwhile, the Republican Party has quietly nixed a page on their website that previously applauded Trump for the “historic peace agreement with the Taliban” that he brokered last year, promising that all US troops would be withdrawn from the country by 2021.

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*First Published: August 18, 2021, 7:51 am