Sen. Joni Ernst, first female combat vet in Senate, laments Afghan collapse: 'It is all on President Biden'

Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, the first female combat veteran elected to the U.S. Senate, condemned the potential collapse of Afghanistan to the Taliban.

She told "The Story" that while Rear Adm. John Kirby, the Pentagon's spokesman, has made himself available to reporters multiple times this week, Biden conversely remained silent on the issue Friday as he left Washington for a weekend vacation at Camp David near Sabillasville, Md. "This is a very grim reality, not just for the United States but for so many of our partners around the world to see Afghanistan fall like this. It is all on President Biden's shoulders," Ernst said Friday. "This rapid and haphazard withdrawal of American troops -- before we knew that our embassy would be safe, before we had our Afghan interpreters and other friends out of Afghanistan, to allow it to fall like this without any sort of plan or recourse, it is shameful."