On Saturday, the retired Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Windman and Ohio Republican Josh Mandel made a deal for the president. Joe BidenIt is planned to resettle tens of thousands of Afghan refugees in the United States after the withdrawal.
Republicans remain unanimous in their criticisms of the Biden administration’s chaotic Afghan evacuation, but the resettlement of refugees in the country has begun to divide party members.Some criticized Biden for abandoning American allies, while members of the Republican anti-immigration wing condemned the president for allowing them to threaten the influx of foreigners into the United States.
Mandel, former Ohio Secretary of the Treasury and Marine Corps veteran running for the United States Senate In 2022, after Wendman’s wife Rachel Wendman criticized Wendman for opposing resettlement of Afghan refugees, she called Wendman a “liar and traitor” on social media.
“You are a fool who seeks attention,” Alexander Windman, he testify At the then President’s House of Representatives impeachment hearing Donald Trump In 2019, respond on Twitter. “You do not represent Jewish values. When your own ancestors came here as immigrants and refugees, you preached hatred of refugees. Sit down and shut up. #RefugeesWelcone.”
You are a fool seeking attention. You do not represent Jewish values. When your ancestors came here as immigrants and refugees, you preached hatred of refugees. Sit down and shut up. #Refugee welcome https://t.co/LUjIB2Dyu7
— Alexander S. Windman (@AVindman) September 4, 2021
There was an exchange after Rachel Vindman condemned Mandel for vowing to fight the resettlement in Afghanistan. “These planes are now being airlifted to Cleveland, Toledo and other places in the center of the United States. To protect our children, our communities, and our Judeo-Christian lifestyle, we must do our best to fight against them,” Mandel Zhou Five wrote on Twitter.
“In order to protect my child from monsters like @JoshMandelOhio and teach her our beliefs and values, we do our best to welcome these refugees,” Rachel Windman responded on Twitter.
This week, House Minority Leader Trump Kevin McCarthy And others have tried to use the resettlement of refugees to support the right’s anti-immigration stance.
According to reports, McCarthy said in a phone call with a group of bipartisan members of the House of Representatives: “We will let terrorists cross the border.” this New York Times.
Representative Matt Rosendale of Montana warned that once Afghan refugees complete their relocation in the United States, it “may bring more people” and “let refugees flood into our country.”And representative Marjorie Taylor Green The Georgian asked: “Will this also bring chain migration?”
recent CBS Opinion polls conducted from August 18 to 20 showed that 76% of Republican voters supported bringing an Afghan ally to the United States, while only 24% opposed it.
Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Majorcas It has been stated that the United States expects to resettle more than 50,000 Afghans who have been evacuated during the war. Taliban Take over Afghanistan.
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