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Conservative commentators were right to call it out the moment the cameras stopped rolling: the chaotic Afghanistan withdrawal created a vetting vacuum that put American lives at risk, and President Trump has been warning about it ever since. On shows like Rob Schmitt Tonight, voices such as Bob Brooks have hammered that point home — Trump wasn’t being alarmist, he was sounding the alarm for the country that our leaders refused to listen to. The truth stings: the decision to prioritize a rushed evacuation over rigorous security checks has real consequences for everyday Americans.
A damning Department of Justice Office of Inspector General review confirmed what we suspected — 55 Afghan evacuees were encountered with hits on the terrorist screening database, and dozens more raised red flags during the resettlement process. Some of those matches only showed up after people were already on U.S. soil, and several remained subjects of active FBI inquiries as of mid-2024. That isn’t bureaucratic nitpicking; it is an intelligence failure that vindicates years of Republican warnings about the hastiness of Operation Allies Welcome.
We’ve also seen the human cost of those failures. One evacuee was later arrested in a 2024 ISIS-inspired plot, and recent reporting links the deadly ambush of National Guard members in Washington to an Afghan national admitted during the chaotic evacuation. Those are not abstract policy disputes — they are violent incidents that demand answers and accountability from the people who ordered the lines to be moved faster. The mainstream media’s reflexive shield for the Biden era can’t erase the facts on the ground.
Conservatives were mocked for raising these concerns in real time, yet multiple outlets and oversight officials documented how evacuees sometimes had free rein on U.S. bases and left without completing proper screening. Commanders and agents who asked for time and tools were told to keep the process moving, and the result was predictable: important checks slipped through the cracks while political priorities counted evacuee numbers as policy wins. Americans deserve a border and refugee policy that puts national security first, not check-the-box political theater.
That is exactly why President Trump and Vice President Vance, and commentators like Bob Brooks, have been relentless — this is not partisan grandstanding but a sober call to protect American families. They pointed out then what the DOJ watchdog has now confirmed: you cannot safely admit people you haven’t properly vetted and expect no consequences. If the Biden team had treated national security as anything more than an afterthought, we wouldn’t be cleaning up this mess years later.
Republican oversight isn’t about politics, it’s about protecting citizens. Senators and House members demanding answers have been proven right, and Congress must follow up with real reforms: mandatory end-to-end vetting before entry, better intelligence-sharing, and accountability for officials who overruled security professionals. Our military and law enforcement did the hard work; it’s the policymakers who cut corners and must answer for it now.
Patriots know the score — we welcome allies who share our values, but we will not gamble with American lives for the sake of optics or open-border ideology. It’s time for a serious, no-nonsense reset of vetting and resettlement policies so that hardworking Americans can sleep easier at night. If the Biden administration won’t fix what it broke, President Trump and his team must make sure the next chapter restores competence, courage, and common sense to homeland security.
