Praise for Trump's Taliban 'Peace Agreement' Disappears From RNC Website and the RNC Just Responded

How quickly can the politics around Afghanistan change? Here's a section on the RNC's website in June; click it now and you get a 404 error. (Rest of page was about Kosovo/Israel-Arab deals.) https://gop.com/president-trump-is-bringing-peace-to-the-middle-east-rsr/\u00a0\u2026pic.twitter.com/HkZok9mgJW

— Dave Weigel (@Dave Weigel) 1629062813

This is so dishonest. We launched a new website last week\u2026 some of the old posts haven\u2019t been carried over yet. Go look\u2026 all blog/research pieces from years ago aren\u2019t there. But good try attempting to divert attention from the folks actually in charge of this disaster.https://twitter.com/daveweigel/status/1427018983379640323\u00a0\u2026

— Mike Reed (@Mike Reed) 1629113876

This is obviously material from 2020 that stayed online for a while, not a new statement from June 2021. It just jumped out to me as an example of how politically popular withdrawal was until this weekend. RNC didn\u2019t scramble to delete it, it was just left up before site updates.

— Dave Weigel (@Dave Weigel) 1629122590

Nice try. You got caught dishonestly attempting to rewrite history...\n\nhttps://www.businessinsider.com/gop-removes-page-hailing-trump-taliban-deal-2021-8\u00a0\u2026pic.twitter.com/4aPNPeQ5ok

— Jeff Mayers (@Jeff Mayers) 1629120599

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— CH Graham (@CH Graham) 1629126716

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— lynley (@lynley) 1629128808

Trump wanted to withdraw from Afghanistan on May 1st (months earlier). \n\nRepublicans fully supported that plan.pic.twitter.com/TCzfSgvlbQ

— Kaivan Shroff (@Kaivan Shroff) 1629114752

Don\u2019t ever forget, Republicans fully supported withdrawing troops from Afghanistan until they thought they could make Biden look bad.https://twitter.com/hawleymo/status/1382026034695041026\u00a0\u2026

— Jessie Shepherd (@Jessie Shepherd) 1629204438

Here is a prime example of Radical Republicans rewriting history, since Pro-Trump Lamborn supported the deal with the Taliban, but he blames crt. How about asking the CIA and IC what they knew? Do your job! #Afghanistanhttps://twitter.com/RepDLamborn/status/1426264293436178438\u00a0\u2026

— Foley4Colorado (@Foley4Colorado) 1629120678

3 months ago republicans were screaming \u201cSECURE OUR BORDERS, GET OUT OF AFGHANISTAN, ISOLATE\u201d.\n\nThe @GOP supported the Taliban Deal that trump brokered (and got whipped on).\n\nNow in a matter of days they are overwhelmed their NEW SUPPORT for Afghans.\n\nRepubs root against the US.

— Long Strange Trip (@Long Strange Trip) 1629207019

I\u2019m actually old enough to remember when Republicans not only supported the war in Afghanistan, they actually STARTED it. \n\nSpare me your pathetic soap boxing now about the inevitable & tragic end to a moronic Bush era decision.https://twitter.com/larryoconnor/status/1427024228470173702\u00a0\u2026

— Philip Allen (@Philip Allen) 1629073567

Whole lotta republicans who not only did nothing to improve prospects for success in #Afghanistan but actively supported strategies that made things worse now have nothing to say but \u201ctold ya so.\u201d Super helpful, Lil Marco.https://twitter.com/marcorubio/status/1426919305409609729\u00a0\u2026

— Left Crew Politics (@Left Crew Politics) 1629051922