'Incompetent. Unhinged. Incoherent': Republicans ramp up their criticism of Biden's Afghanistan withdrawal and ABC interview - as he goes NINE days without taking questions from rest of press

 Republicans are ramping up their criticism of Democratic President Joe Biden's Afghanistan withdrawal and ABC News sit-down with George Stephanopoulos - as the president has now gone nine days without taking questions from the rest of the press.    

'Incompetent. Unhinged. Incoherent. Unfit,' tweeted Florida Republican Sen. Rick Scott, sharing a clip from the Stephanopoulos interview. Earlier this week, Scott floated that Biden should be removed from office over the Afghanistan debacle. 

Ohio Rep Steve Chabot, the top Republican on the House Foreign Affairs subcommittee with jurisdiction over Afghanistan, .: 'No matter how much President Biden makes excuses for his bungled withdrawal and rationalizes the consequences, the simple fact is that we are witnessing a truly monumental failure of leadership and planning that will haunt America for some time.

'Many predicted a rapid Taliban takeover, and the fact that we didn’t get everyone to safety, or even have a plan to get everyone to safety, before the Taliban took Kabul is simply inexcusable.'

Rep. Liz Cheney, an anti-Trump Republican, chimed in calling Biden's performance on Afghanistan 'ignorant and shameful,' while Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton said the president was 'dishonest' and 'impotent' and called the claim chaos was inevitable a 'bald-faced lie.' 

Former diplomat and Tennessee Republican Senator Bill Hagerty told DailyMail.com: 'As a former US Ambassador and business executive, I understand that to solve a problem you have to own it and address it head-on, rather than deflect and spin as we witnessed in President Biden’s recent ABC interview. 

'This failure in execution is deeply regrettable on many fronts. Biden needs to fully acknowledge responsibility and focus his administration’s resources on ensuring that American citizens, our troops, our allies, and our military equipment are safely evacuated in a fashion that is well-coordinated with our NATO allies. 

'As a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, I will do everything in my power to support the rectification of this situation.'

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President Joe Biden (right) is taking heat from the right for comments he made in a sit-down interview with ABC News' George Stephanopoulos (left) 

'Incompetent. Unhinged. Incoherent. Unfit,' tweeted Republican Sen. Rick Scott, sharing a clip from the Stephanopoulos interview

Republican Rep. Byron Donalds told DailyMail.com: 'Under President Biden, our enemies are laughing at us, and our allies can no longer trust us. His abysmal handling of the Afghanistan withdrawal was done haphazardly and is threatening the lives of our Armed Forces, Americans, and partners. The President’s blatant defiance and inability to acknowledge his major mistake highlight his failure to lead as President and commander-in-chief.' 

Republican Senator Marsha Blackburn also told DailyMail.com: 'Did Joe Biden lie to the American people when he said “no one’s being killed” in Afghanistan or is he that uninformed?”'  

Trump's former United Nations Amb. Nikki Haley called the president's comments 'shameful' and a 'slap in the face to the thousands of Americans still in Afghanistan.' 

She also blasted Biden for having 'no urgency' and failing to 'take responsibility' for his chaotic foreign policy.    

Former counselor to the president Kellyanne Conway also highlighted the 'shameful' interview in her Twitter feed.  

On the interview choice, some Republicans pointed out that Stephanopoulos was a safe choice - as he served as President Bill Clinton's White House communications director.  

'Outrageous optics for Biden to do a friendly interview with former Democrat staffer George Stephanopoulos but not take questions from the press,' tweeted former National Republican Senatorial Committee Matt Whitlock. 

Ex-President Donald Trump's former acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell hammered Stephanopoulos for being an 'activist Democrat.'  

Biden sat down with Stephanopoulos at the White House Wednesday, for an interview that aired Wednesday night and Thursday morning.