PRAIRIE DU CHIEN, WI – This week, the Van Orden campaign launched a new ad focused on Preisdent Biden’s failed withdrawal from Afghanistan, the 13 servicemembers lost due to this failed plan and the thousands of Americans and our allies left behind to their fates at the hands of the Taliban.
News outlets highlighted the ad in the district and across the nation. Take a look at some of the coverage below:
WKBT: New Van Orden ad slams Biden administration for Afghanistan exit
Republican candidate for Wisconsin’s Third Congressional District Derrick Van Orden has released a new campaign ad on the one-year anniversary of the U.S. pulling out of Afghanistan.
Van Orden’s campaign published the ad to Van Orden’s official Facebook page and features Van Orden visibly upset that “no one has been held accountable” for the U.S. withdrawal one year ago.
Van Orden’s ad is released to mark the first anniversary of Biden’s botched withdrawal from Afghanistan, after which the Taliban completed their takeover of the country.
The hasty withdrawal — under President Joe Biden — lasted roughly two weeks, and amid the chaos, a bombing happened outside one of the gates to the Kabul airport, where 13 U.S. service members and more than 100 Afghans were confined and ultimately killed — which Van Orden emphasized in his ad.
For weeks after the U.S. removed its remaining forces from the country, controversy surrounded the withdrawal and the estimated thousands of Americans, American allies, and Afghans left behind. Many U.S. citizens, such as King, used their contacts to help save countless lives.
Van Orden’s ad also talks about his feelings of disgust at the time and how no one has been held accountable, fired, or even apologized for the disastrous withdrawal. “It’s not a partisan issue. It’s just wrong,” he stated in the ad.
