Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, on Wednesday, noted that Democrats control the House and Senate. He further said that “there isn’t going to be an impeachment” of President Joe Biden over the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan. 

“I think the way these behaviors get adjusted in this country is at the ballot box,” said McConnell at an event in Pikeville, Kentucky. “The President is not going to be removed from office with a Democratic House and a narrowly Democratic Senate. That’s not going to happen.” 

His remarks come almost a week after a suicide bombing attack outside Kabul’s airport that went on to kill 13 US service members and over 170 civilians. Islamic State Khorasan or ISIS-K claimed responsibility for the deadly explosion. 

McConnell later talked about midterm elections and said, “The report card you get is every two years. I think the way these behaviors get adjusted in this country is at the ballot box.”

“I do think we’re likely to see a typical kind of midterm reaction to a new administration. … Typically there is some buyer’s remorse,” he added. 

On the contrary, a few Republicans, including Tennessee Sen Marsha Blackburn and South Carolina Sen Lindsey Graham, believe that the President should resign or face impeachment.

Biden defended his decision to withdraw US troops in a speech at the White House on Tuesday,  following the departure of the last American military planes from Afghanistan, ending the United States’ longest war in history. He further paid tribute to the service members who were deployed, including the 13 who lost their lives in the terrorist strike.

“The bottom line is there is no evacuation from the end of a war that you can run without the kind of complexities, challenges, threats we face. None,” he said.