NBC’s Kristen Welker “incorrectly implied” that Vice President Kamala Harris was in attendance on the dignified switch of U.S. troops killed through the Afghanistan withdrawal.
Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., appeared on NBC’s “Meet the Press” Sunday and criticized President Biden and Harris for ignoring the households of the fallen troopers.
“Joe Biden and Kamala Harris — where were they? Joe Biden was sitting at a beach. Kamala Harris was sitting at her mansion in Washington, D.C. She was four miles away — ten minutes. She could’ve gone to the cemetery and honored the sacrifice of those young men and women, but she hasn’t. She never has spoken to them or taken a meeting with them,” Cotton informed Welker. “It is because of her and Joe Biden’s incompetence that those 13 Americans were killed in Afghanistan.”
“They did meet them during the dignified transfer. They were with them at the dignified transfer,” Welker interjected.
NBC’s Kristen Welker “incorrectly implied” that President Biden and Vice President Harris have been each in attendance on the dignified switch of American navy troops killed in Afghanistan throughout america’ withdrawal from the Center East.
NBC posted a correction on the present’s X account after the present.
“On our broadcast this morning, we incorrectly implied that both President Biden and Vice President Harris attended the dignified transfer of 13 American service members killed during the Afghanistan withdrawal,” NBC wrote on their “Meet the Press” X account.
“Biden was in attendance but Harris was not,” the assertion continued.
President Biden was on the occasion, photographed “repeatedly checking his watch” through the proceedings.
Former President Trump, who attended the Arlington Nationwide Cemetery on the request of Gold Star households, commemorated the third yr anniversary of botched withdrawal from Afghanistan that left 13 U.S. service members killed.
“The Trump team is very, very respectful and cognizant. They wanted to be respectful to everyone there,” Christy Shamblin, mom of fallen U.S. Marine Sgt. Nicole Gee, one of many Fallen 13 from Afghanistan, informed “The Sacramento Bee.”
Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump stands alongside Misty Fuoco, whose sister Sgt. Nicole Gee died in Abbey Gate Bombing, at a wreath laying ceremony on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington Nationwide Cemetery on August 26, 2024 in Arlington, Virginia. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Photographs)
“The big news stories that the mainstream media covers about the [Fallen] 13 aren’t stories of honor and respect. It’s hard to understand why. There are always stories about some kind of conflict that didn’t happen… The Trump team worked diligently with us and with Arlington to make sure there weren’t any disruptions to services, or even to any school groups,” Shamblin continued.
Gee’s mom additionally went on to inform “The Bee” that she was “confident” {that a} second time period for the Trump Administration can be “higher for veterans and their households.”
The households of the 13 service-members have stated they’ve but to listen to from Biden or Harris, regardless of having made makes an attempt to achieve out to the administration.
“At least Biden sent us a form letter,” Shamblin added. “I think one of the most devastating parts of having the administration really just ignore this and not speak their names and speak to us, is that you start to feel like your loss is really in vain.”
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