. okay. so take this. some of the gop and on the right wing propaganda network embracing the taliban s takeover in afghanistan as a moment to espouse xenophobic views or take a trip into the political grievance gutter, like congresswoman lauren boebert, who tweeted, the taliban are the only people building back better. what a twisted and failed joke based on president biden s campaign slogan. there s nothing better about the repressive and historically deadly rule of the taliban. you just heard from a translator whose family is trying to escape the country. they fear for their lives. nothing to joke about. on the fox propaganda network there is already a push to question who should be let into the u.s. listen to this. is it really our responsibility to welcome thousands of potentially
get vaccinated. mask up. a former translator and interpreter for the u.s. military trying desperately to save his family still in afghanistan. his message tonight for president biden as his homeland descends into chaos. the united states made an extraordinary sacrifice in afghanistan. 2,448 americans lost their lives in afghanistan. tens of thousands of americans were injured in the war in afghanistan over 20 years trying to help that country stand up and being able to defend itself. i know a thing or two about cars. and, sometimes, buying them can make you tight in the chest. but with carvana, i can finally breathe easy, buying my car 100% online without any tense negotiation. smells like the internet. shop now at carvana.com. when i m not racing, i m personalizing, just like how carvana lets you personalize your financing.
rest of the world? what will we do? don lemon tonight with its big star, d. lemon tonight. those are good questions. and wait until you meet the truck driver, the afghani truck driver would now lives here in the united states and is completely worried about his family back home trying to get them here to the united states. in 2014 the taliban killed his brother. they burned his home recently, he says. you re going to hear from him. he s on the road as a truck driver. took the job here in america as a truck driver because he says he wanted to see this country, the land of the free, the home of the brave. in the land of the free tonight as well, we have people who are doing everything they can to try to keep this virus in the headlines and in people s bodies and spreading among other people. you did the story on the texas governor. now he has covid. and if it s such a mild case,
humans, they re brainwashed zombies trying to destroy humanity. you re saying that they re burning families homes now. but the taliban killed your brother, sarosh, back in 2014, burned your family s home just a few days ago. is this all because you helped u.s. forces? yes, yes. back in 2014 when i was there, i used to work as a translator. so they came close to my house and they shot my brother in the face. they thought this is the real guy. they looked for me but unfortunately my brother got out. i lost my brother because of working with american. and i still have my family down there. they as soon as they captured mazar-e-sharif they burn my house and my family flew to kabul and they hided in a house there that i rent for them and
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