ahead to the mid-term elections and trying to make afghanistan a permanent stain on biden's presidency. with the number three house republican, representative elise stefonic writing in a tweet biden is, quote, unfit to be commander in chief. democrats largely sticking with the president and pushing back against republicans. >> there are a lot of people in this body who wanted the military to stay in afghanistan more, another year, five years, 10 years, 20 years, forever. and they're critical. they didn't like a decision by president biden to end this war. they tended to be quiet when president trump did the deal with the taliban to pull out in may. but now that president biden is in place they think we should stay. >> but some more democrats are more critical. new jersey democratic senator bob menendez said in a statement the united states, quote, cannot trust the taliban with american security. pennsylvania representative susan wild writing in a tweet,