Biden’s Afghanistan Withdrawal Still Hurting Democrats

In the closing TV ad of her 2022 campaign, New Hampshire Democratic senator Maggie Hassan tries to distance herself from President Biden. While an incumbent Democrat trying to put room between herself and a deeply unpopular Democratic president isn’t surprising, what she focuses on is.

The very first piece of criticism of Biden that Hassan highlights is an issue that doesn’t get much attention in the media anymore: the withdrawal from Afghanistan. And during a debate last week with Republican Senate candidate Don Bolduc, Hassan said she disagreed with Biden’s “decision to set an arbitrary deadline to withdraw” from Afghanistan and that she “supported an investigation to hold the administration accountable.”

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John McCormack

John McCormack is a former Washington correspondent for National Review and was a fellow at the National Review Institute.

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In the closing TV ad of her 2022 campaign, New Hampshire Democratic senator Maggie Hassan tries to distance herself from President Biden. While an incumbent Democrat trying to put room between herself and a deeply unpopular Democratic president isn’t surprising, what she focuses on is.

The very first piece of criticism of Biden that Hassan highlights is an issue that doesn’t get much attention in the media anymore: the withdrawal from Afghanistan. And during a debate last week with Republican Senate candidate Don Bolduc, Hassan said she disagreed with Biden’s “decision to set an arbitrary deadline to withdraw” from Afghanistan and that she “supported an investigation to hold the administration accountable.”