Ocasio-Cortez’s demand comes as the Biden administration is coming under increasing fire for extricating more Afghani citizens than Americans, by percentages, according to a leaked State Department cable on Tuesday.
During his nightly “Chalk Talk,” Newsmax TV’s Steve Cortes, citing figures from the cable, noted that official numbers from the State Department showed a massively disproportionate number of Afghans being evacuated compared to Americans.
“It has never been more important to prioritize American citizens than right now, particularly as it is related to Afghanistan,” the “Cortes & Pellegrino” co-host and former Trump adviser said. “But so far, the massive airlift from Afghanistan has been Americans last.”