Republicans are torching the White House for claiming President Biden never "shies away" from questions after he hurried back to Camp David without taking questions following his remarks on the botched Afghanistan troop withdrawal.

"What you are not saying -- I'm hearing in there that you're prepared to leave people behind [in Afghanistan]" CNN host Brianna Keilar grilled.

"We're doing everything we can to get as many people out who want to get out before the August 31st deadline." White House communications director Kate Bedingfield claimed in a Friday CNN interview.