Conservative media is slamming President Joe Biden's administration for the bungled withdrawal of American troops in Afghanistan after the Taliban overtook Kabul's presidential palace and regained control of the country after 20 years of war that cost hundreds of thousands of lives and nearly a trillion dollars.
The Biden administration has repeatedly emphasized its priority is getting Americans and Afghan allies out of the region by the end of the month, and that no simulation foresaw the Afghan government collapsing to the Taliban in only 11 days.
This week, Fox News contributor Rachel Campos-Duffy lobbed criticism against the Biden administration, but seemed bizarrely fixated on the role she imagined the First Lady, Dr. Jill Biden, played in Biden running for President in the 2020 election.
Watch below.
White House demands apology from Fox News after 'disgusting' host says Jill Biden 'failed the country' by letting her 'mentally frail' husband Joe run for president\nhttps://mol.im/a/9919077\u00a0pic.twitter.com/PfqwRRJPnr— Aamir Ghazanfar (@Aamir Ghazanfar) 1629788777
Campos-Duffy said:
"No one knew better his state of mind than Dr. Jill Biden, and if you ask me, the most patriotic thing Jill Biden could have done was tell her husband―to love her husband―and not let him run in this mental state that he's in. I think she failed the country as well."
Campos-Duffy's odd rant blaming the First Lady for her husband's decision to run for President soon got the attention of the White House.
Dr. Biden's press secretary, Michael LaRosa, called the comments "disgusting" and demanded an apology.
This is disgusting. @RCamposDuffy and @FoxNews know better. They can do better and their viewers deserve better. I hope they'll apologize to the First Lady and leave this kind of talk in thewhere it belongs.https://twitter.com/HuffPost/status/1429661064048873472\u00a0\u2026— Michael LaRosa (@Michael LaRosa) 1629725396
Biden supporters largely agreed.
@FoxNews needs to rein it in and if @RCamposDuffy has any grace or class she will apologizehttps://twitter.com/michaellarosa46/status/1429798060662706176\u00a0\u2026— Kathleen Alice \u2618\ufe0f (@Kathleen Alice \u2618\ufe0f) 1629778303
Another lower level of disgusting for Faux News. And, they have another swamp monster delivering the unsavory news.https://twitter.com/MichaelLaRosa46/status/1429798060662706176\u00a0\u2026— Debra Ray (@Debra Ray) 1629837748
Actually, they've proven time and again that they CAN'T do better. @FoxNews is devoid of decency and disconnected from reality. It is solely a money-making enterprise that perpetuates disinformation to those who are eager to have their biases reinforced.https://twitter.com/MichaelLaRosa46/status/1429798060662706176\u00a0\u2026— \u24e3\u24d4\u24d4\u24e5\u24d4\u24d4\u24d3\u24e4\u24d1 (@\u24e3\u24d4\u24d4\u24e5\u24d4\u24d4\u24d3\u24e4\u24d1) 1629741998
@RCamposDuffy have you apologized yethttps://twitter.com/michaellarosa46/status/1429798060662706176\u00a0\u2026— Trish Reilly (@Trish Reilly) 1629735850
How shocking that a garbage person on a garbage network would disparage @FLOTUS & @POTUS. What bottom feeding piece of .https://twitter.com/MichaelLaRosa46/status/1429798060662706176\u00a0\u2026— \ud835\udcd2\ud835\udcf8\ud835\udcfb\ud835\udcfb\ud835\udcf2\ud835\udcf7\ud835\udcea \ud83e\udd8b (@\ud835\udcd2\ud835\udcf8\ud835\udcfb\ud835\udcfb\ud835\udcf2\ud835\udcf7\ud835\udcea \ud83e\udd8b) 1629889454
.@FoxNews don\u2019t care Michael, they\u2019ve propagated the anti-mask & anti #COVID19 vaccination-complicit in the deaths & continued deaths from #DeltaVariant .. \n\nall they care about is throwing \u201cred meat\u201d & dog whistles to a base whose eyeballs & clicks bring in $https://twitter.com/michaellarosa46/status/1429798060662706176\u00a0\u2026— JMoulin| Independent | Country First | (@JMoulin| Independent | Country First |) 1629804711
Meanwhile, the President's critics pushed back.
Oh no. We do not speak ill of @RCamposDuffy ever https://twitter.com/MichaelLaRosa46/status/1429798060662706176\u00a0\u2026pic.twitter.com/wvb9mwsVy8— Mindy (@Mindy) 1629764762
Where\u2019s the lie though?https://twitter.com/MichaelLaRosa46/status/1429798060662706176\u00a0\u2026— RBe (@RBe) 1629763802
Sorry not sorry. The truth hurts doesn\u2019t it.https://twitter.com/MichaelLaRosa46/status/1429798060662706176\u00a0\u2026— E.J. Stone (@E.J. Stone) 1629802471
Campos-Duffy has yet to respond.
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