GOP Faces Hurdles to Make Afghanistan Issue In Midterms

Politico: “Absent an all-consuming global conflagration, voters tend to cast their ballots based on domestic rather than foreign priorities … Beyond the calendar, Republicans have other messaging bumps to overcome as they try to keep Biden’s Afghanistan problems top of mind.”

“Those include the small but vocal minority of Republicans who have stoked fears about thousands of Afghan allies being resettled across the U.S., undermining the party’s attempts at a more welcoming message. Then there’s the handful of GOP Donald Trump critics who, as they hit the Biden administration, are also pinning some blame back on the former president, who negotiated a similar withdrawal timeline with the Taliban.”

CBS News: GOP sees opening with chaos in Afghanistan.