Biden gave the annual State of the Union address last week, and it was nothing short of inflammatory.
The failed President relentlessly attacked his opposition and lied about the record of his administration.
But nothing was worse than what happened to this Gold Star father when he spoke up for his son.
Biden’s botched Afghanistan withdrawal had disastrous consequences
At the beginning of his term as President, Joe Biden followed through on Donald Trump’s promise to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan.
The move shocked most Americans as Biden had continuously pushed back the timeline and seemed to be backing out of the agreement.
But when Biden finally made good on his promise, he made a litany of mistakes.
One of those mistakes was leaving over $7 billion in military equipment at Bagram Air Base for the Taliban to collect later.
It quickly became clear that Biden wasn’t following Trump’s plan and hadn’t come up with an alternative either.
The lack of planning created a chaotic evacuation that resulted in the loss of 13 servicemembers after a suicide bomber attack outside Hamid Karzai International Airport on August 26, 2021.
And this Gold Star father hasn’t forgotten.
Gold Star father arrested after trying to remind America of what happened in Afghanistan
Steve Nikoui is the father of Lance Corporal Kareem Nikoui and he’s been fighting with Biden administration officials since that horrific day.
Last week at Biden’s State of the Union address, Nikoui stood up to remind the American people of the failure that cost his son his life.
Shouting “Abbey Gate” and “13 Marines” while Biden was speaking, Nikoui hoped to remind people of the service members that were lost and where it happened.
Joe Biden gets heckled by Gold Star Father Steve Nikoui.
His son, Lance Col. Kareem Nikoui, was killed by a terrorist suicide bomber during Joe Biden’s disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan. pic.twitter.com/3BGGNguO6c
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) March 8, 2024
But one thing he didn’t expect was the prompt attention from the Capitol Police.
Officers quickly removed him from the House gallery and placed him under arrest.
The Capitol Police released a statement saying that he had been arrested for “disrupting the Congress and demonstrating in [a] Congressional Building…”
BREAKING: Steve Nikoui was arrested and just charged with a misdemeanor for interrupting Biden tonight
His son was kiIIed at Abbey Gate during Joe Biden’s withdrawal from Kabul
He was yelling: “Abbey Gate!” pic.twitter.com/W1oVEXwOFe
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) March 8, 2024
Republicans were outraged by the disrespect that was brought on this Gold Star father despite the circumstances surrounding his arrest.
How SIM cards could give the families closure about what happened that day
That wasn’t the first time that Nikoui had attempted to get Biden to recognize his son and those who died with him that day.
Nikoui and other surviving Gold Star family members have been searching for answers and having their requests rejected by the Biden administration.
An article published by the Spectator in September noted the ongoing attempts to gain access to personal items—some that could give them a better picture of what happened that day.
“These Gold Star families have been fighting with the Biden administration to get items as simple as their children’s SIM cards, which makes all the more notable Trump’s pledge to them that he would ‘help us get answers’” to the tragic circumstances that brought about their death, the article noted.
Nikoui had also been requesting that Biden honor the memory of his son and his fellow marines with a ceremony in the Rose Garden.
But his requests have been ignored by the Biden administration.
Now instead he is being vilified by the Left after standing up for his family.
Stay tuned to Blue State Blues for any updates to this ongoing story.
