of the military were killed in kabul in over 100 afghans lost their lives. so is america safer under president biden two years later? virginia lt. governor winsome sears served in the u.s. marine corps and joins us now. i don t have to remind you the way we left afghanistan matters but the president does not want to talk about it. what are the ramifications about the way we left and what we left? here s what happened, brian, for 20 years we were propping up a government and we were training soldiers we are training the afghan troops to be able to defend against the taliban. we pulled out in such a horrible way and the whole place fell like a house of cards. we left all of our equipment there by the way, we saw the taliban in our uniforms. do you know how hard we had to work to get those uniforms? and they just they are driving our equipment. they are using our rifles, our machine guns, everything. the taxpayers paid for that. and, by the way. what we said to the afghan
to the american people. and, brian, you are nodding your head. you think he is great at it and he should show up. absolutely. i mean, he is not going to miss this. this is his arena. what he thrives for. i would like to see them thrash the other candidates but, more importantly, i would like to see him bring out the facts bring out contrast between his administration now and what the other administration would look like. that contrast is missing right now from the american people. we need to see that difference. sure. and dominic? i also agree. i think he should come out there. is he a past president. i think he needs a platform to speak. the biden administration has been very vocal. and, you know, i think he needs opportunity to speak his peace. steve: do you know what he says i m so far ahead in the polls i don t need to show up. other guy biden who hid in the basement last time. how did that work out. he got to be the president. worked out pretty good. trump has got
friday he has some visiting dignitaries. there is going to be a press conference at camp david. so it will come up then as long as suspect who has chosen to ask a question actually asks about it brian? steve: of course, peter, you are never on that list. hey, peter, given the fact that hunter biden and that thing you were just talking about hunter claimed he paid his dad bills for the last 11 years, have you ever paid your dad s bills ever ever? pete: i get a lot of lot of letters from blockbuster. i think you need to return something. check the basement. steve: have you actually been in your office? i know you have got one but you have been at the office for a number of years and campaign trail. i was there once to check the mail. ainsley: and to go swimming apparently. steve: who knew. all right, peter, thank you very much. brian: do you know what? what i find amazing that s exactly what people are saying the problem is joe biden doesn t have any deposit slips into his
steve: and it all changed in the last couple days. all right, todd, thank you very much meanwhile one week out from the highly anticipated republican primary debate right here on fox with martha and bret. what are the top issues that voters would like to see the candidates address? let s talk to our panel here in our studio. independent voter dominic chick really he is screen right. we have got republican brian ben stalk. is he in the middle. independent screen left. the former president trump has not indicated whether or not i would show up not doing it but advisers are saying don t do it. mary, good or bad idea? bad idea. why? i think we need to hear him. i think it would be amazing to see him on stage with the other candidates. i mean, based on what he did during first run it was amazing. it would be highly televised and at this point he needs to be front and center and just speak