OAN’s James Myers
8:52am – Friday, March 8, 2024
The Gold Star father who heckled Joe Biden during his State of the Union address has been arrested.
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The man was identified as Steve Nikoy, the father of the slain Lance Corporal. Kareem Nikoi was killed during the failed Afghanistan withdrawal under the Biden administration.
Mr. Biden, 81, was in the middle of saying, “America is safer now than it was when I took office,” but he was interrupted from speaking from the balcony of the chamber.
“Monastery gates!” Steve Nikoi yelled at the president. “First Marines, Second Battalion!”
Capitol Police then removed Nikoui from the chamber and took him into custody around 10:15 p.m.
Mr. Nikoy was charged with crowding, obstructing or creating a nuisance in Congress, a misdemeanor for which violators are typically released after paying a $50 fine.
The monastery gate is where Nikoui’s son and 12 other military personnel were killed by a suicide bomber on August 26, 2021, during the chaotic withdrawal from Kabul.
Rep. Brian Mast, R-Florida, invited Nokowi to be a guest at the State of the Union.
“Joe Biden has refused in his last three SOTU speeches to say the names of the 13 US service members killed in the disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal,” Mast wrote to X after his father protested. “We cannot support this initiative any more. Please say their names!
Mast also made the comments after Gold Star’s father was taken from the Capitol.
“Steve Nikoy, father of fallen Marine LCPL. Kareem Nikoy was my guest at the State of the Union.”
“He was arrested because he yelled at Joe Biden not to forget his son.”
by new york postthe father of two other Gold Stars, told the outlet before Biden’s speech that harsh criticism should be expected before the State of the Union address.
“There are other people who confirmed that Mr. Biden knew very well the information that Afghanistan was going to collapse,” said Mark Schmitz, Lance Corporal’s father. Jared Schmitz called the withdrawal “an absolutely epic fiasco.”
“There’s going to be a lot of heckling tonight,” he added.
Additionally, Walz invited Gold Star mother Paula Knauss, who lost her son, Staff Sgt. Ryan C. Knauss after the Afghanistan airport explosion.
“He still hasn’t said the names of those 13, privately, publicly or in any speech. It’s infuriating,” Walz said.
Meanwhile, polls show that Biden’s approval rating dropped significantly in August 2021 and has never returned to the positive side.
46th The president did not mention withdrawing from Afghanistan at any point during his speech.
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