CBS’s Ed O’Keefe on Thursday blasted NSC spox John Kirby after the NSC released a report blaming Trump for Brandon’s deadly Afghanistan withdrawal.
The Brandon National Security Council (NSC) released a shocking report on Holy Thursday blaming President Trump for the catastrophic withdrawal from Afghanistan.
So Trump is responsible for these 13 dead Americans?
BREAKING: A National Security Council review of the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan largely lays the blame on former President Donald Trump, saying President Brandon was “severely constrained” by the decisions of his predecessor. https://t.co/QDiVoOvyyA
— The Associated Press (@AP) April 6, 2023
CBS’s Ed O’Keefe blasted Kirby for releasing the report right up against the Easter holiday.
“…about 10 minutes before the briefing began, with little notice”: “It’s the very definition of a modern major holiday news dump…after months of requests,” he said.
VIDEO:
CBS’s @EdOKeefe SLAMS the Brandon WH & John Kirby for releasing a report on the Afghanistan withdrawal was sent to us “about 10 minutes before the briefing began, with little notice”: “It’s the very definition of a modern major holiday news dump…after months of requests” pic.twitter.com/GaZpssi6Ck
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) April 6, 2023
Kirby defended the holiday news dump.
John Kirby to CBS’s @EdOKeefe on the WH dumping their Afghanistan withdrawal report ahead of a holiday weekend: “This is the result of months & months of work by individual agencies…to voluntarily review that withdrawal…No effort here to…obfuscate or…bury something” pic.twitter.com/0kDQMmf1wK
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) April 6, 2023
Ed O’Keefe said there is 4 pages of blame on Trump but zero expression of accountability or mistake by Brandon.
WATCH:
CBS’s @EdOKeefe: “There’s 4 pgs of blame on the [Trump] administration…Nowhere…does there appear to be any expression of accountability or mistake by either [Brandon] or others. Is there any”?
“Kirby: “I would argue that…we…decided to go conduct after-action reviews…” pic.twitter.com/U3JZx2tDCi
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) April 6, 2023
Kirby absurdly claimed Brandon’s Afghanistan withdrawal was not chaotic.
“For all this talk of ‘chaos,’ I just didn’t see it,” Kirby said.
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Brandon Spokesman John Kirby on the Afghanistan withdrawal: “For all this talk of ‘chaos,’ I just didn’t see it” pic.twitter.com/4LIF8ovMuC
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) April 6, 2023
A suicide bomber killing 13 US service members and Afghans falling from airplanes is a successful and calm withdrawal, according to Kirby.
