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California Republican slams Steele as 'completely out of touch' with GOP
Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.), a former combat veteran and member of
the House Armed Services Committee, on Saturday strongly condemned the
statements about the war in Afghanistan made by the Republican National
Chairman Michael Steele.
Hunter stopped short of calling for Steele’s resignation, but said
that the “Republican party needs more than a fundraising figurehead,”
Hunter said in a statement.
Steele is under intense fire for
saying that the war in Afghanistan is a war of president Barack Obama’s
choosing and that U.S. combat mission there is “unwinnable.” Steele has
since been trying to backtrack on his statements.
"Michael Steele's irresponsible comments show him to be
completely out of touch with the majority of the Republican Party,”
Hunter said. "Time and again, Steele has demonstrated this disconnect.
His comments were not only tactless, but showed an unfortunate level of
ignorance on such a significant national security issue.”
Hunter, a Marine who fought both in Iraq and Afghanistan, called
Steele’s statements as a “disservice to our military men and women."
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