The father of one of the Marines killed by a suicide bomber at Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International Airport during President Biden’s disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan tells Fox News that his rant during the president’s State of the Union address last week was unplanned. And if the commander-in-chief becomes president, – the commander-in-chief didn’t say his son’s name, but someone did.
Steve Nikoy sat on the sidelines of the State of the Union address as a guest of Republican Rep. Brian Mast of Florida, praying that Biden would finally recognize his son’s name more than two years after his disastrous withdrawal. said.
“I looked at this scene below and listened to him and prayed and prayed that maybe at some point before this he had mentioned Afghanistan. [and] Because all the Gold Star parents thought it might have happened, and it didn’t happen,” Nikoy said on Monday’s “Hannity” show.
“And as soon as he said something about kids and safety, I don’t even know what I did…I jumped up and said, ‘Remember Abbey Gate?’ It was like the Lord had condemned me. When the Holy Spirit came within me and did it, I stopped and said, ‘Oh, what have I done?’ “I thought.”
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Nikoui was arrested shortly after the riot and charged with “disturbing a crowd or unlawful presence.”
Regarding “Hannity” Nikoui said he called out his son’s name and rank after shouting about the monastery gate, adding, “Because I’ve been waiting for three years for this man (Biden) to say my son’s name in this chamber, and he… Because I never said that.”
“But on this day, on this day, his name has been spoken.”
Biden also faced backlash during his State of the Union address for suppressing the name of Laken Riley, a Georgia student who was allegedly killed by an illegal immigrant. Instead, Biden called her “Lincoln Riley,” the name of the University of Southern California football coach.
Mr. Biden was also furious about soldiers killed during the Afghanistan withdrawal, shortly after he was photographed repeatedly checking his watch as he unloaded the bodies of fallen soldiers at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware.
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On “Hannity,” Nikoy also criticized two top military officials at the time, Gen. Kenneth Frank McKenzie, the now-retired commander of Central Command, and Gen. Mark Milley, then chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He hinted that he would soon testify before Congress on the withdrawal and asked Americans to: Follow it.
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) announced in a press release that a hearing on the Afghanistan withdrawal will be held on March 19th.
Nikoi praised McCall’s consideration of the corporal. The death of Mr. Nikoui and the other service members at Abbey Gate follows the deaths of four other members of Congress: Mast, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), and Rep. Michael Walz (R-Florida). It shows. and Cory Mills, Republican of Florida. – The “Four Horsemen” who have continued to draw attention to the loss of life during evacuations.
Steve Nikoy shouts as US President Joe Biden speaks. (Shaun Hsu, via Getty)
Issa joined Nikoy on “Hannity” to criticize Biden, saying that both he and his father, a corporal, have publicly mentioned the names of fallen soldiers more than the commander-in-chief.
“One of the reasons the shutdown didn’t happen is that we didn’t get real approval from the president,” Issa said.
Issa criticized Biden for omitting Riley’s name during his State of the Union address, but instead bringing up the death of his eldest son, former Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden.
“He’ll talk about Beau’s death, but he won’t talk about these 13 people.” [servicemembers] Or how can we prevent it from happening again?” Issa said.
Host Sean Hannity also asked about Kareem Nikouy’s brother, who died in 2022. Although Nikowi is not related, she has been a part of Steve Nikowi’s life since he was a toddler.
Nikoy said Dakota Halverson was “devastated” by Kareem’s death and took her own life at a California park that was to be named after the fallen Marine.
“It was devastating for his mother. It was devastating for his siblings… and the impact of this president. [former Trump speechwriter] Stephen Miller said this – this is a reactionary president,” Nikoui said.
“Poor Riley family. They killed my child, they killed their own child. So what are you going to do, America? Are you going to wait until they kill your child? Because you know it.” [Biden] The bumper car will hit everything on its way out and we will be the only ones left to pick up the debris. ”
2022, Corporal. Nikoui was also memorialized by a bill from Rep. Ken Calvert, Republican of California, that would rename the post office in the Marine’s hometown in his honor.
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