Former Democratic presidential candidate Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) came to the defense of the father of a Marine who was arrested for yelling at President Joe Biden during Thursday’s State of the Union address.
“As a Gold Star son myself, I can only imagine the pain he has felt since losing his son in Afghanistan,” Phillips wrote on Friday night on should not be interrupted, but if Marjorie loses her son, why should Taylor Greene be arrested for verbal abuse when she wasn’t?”
steve nicoyMr. Nikoui, 51, is the father of a U.S. Marine who died during a failed withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021. Nikoui was taken from the House gallery during Biden’s speech on Thursday after he stood up and began repeatedly shouting “monastery gates.”
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The jeer was in reference to the attack at the monastery gates of Hamid Karzai International Airport. in afghanistan It happened while the military was withdrawing from the country.
Former Democratic presidential candidate Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) came to the defense of the father of a Marine who was arrested for yelling at President Joe Biden during Thursday’s State of the Union address. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images/Shaun Hsu/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
The surprise attack killed 13 U.S. military personnel and injured at least 170 civilians. Among them was Nikoui’s son, a Marine Corporal. Kareem Nikoi.
Capitol Police said the suspect was arrested on charges of crowding, obstruction and trespassing. House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) recently called for the charges against Mr. Nikoui to be dropped.
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Mr. Nikoui attended as a guest of Republican Rep. Brian Mast. Deputies reacted immediately after Nikoui’s arrest, telling “I’m doing it,” he wrote. So much for the right to petition the government for redress of grievances. ”
Steve Nikoy, 51, is the father of a U.S. Marine who died during a failed withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021. Nikoui was taken from the House gallery during Biden’s speech on Thursday after he stood up and began repeatedly shouting “monastery gates.” (Shaun Hsu/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Mr. Mast chairs the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Accountability and Oversight.
Phillips also removed the name of Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia in a post about X.
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Wearing a red “Make America Great Again” hat, Greene yelled at Biden to “Say your name!” He was discussing the border crisis. Green was referring to Laken Riley, a 22-year-old nursing student from Georgia who was allegedly killed last month by a Venezuelan immigrant who was living in the country illegally.
Wearing a red “Make America Great Again” hat, Greene yelled at Biden to “Say your name!” He was discussing the border crisis. Green was referring to Laken Riley, a 22-year-old nursing student from Georgia who was allegedly killed last month by a Venezuelan immigrant who was living in the country illegally. (Julia Nickinson/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Greene also gave Biden a pin that read, “Please say her name Laken Riley.”
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Fox News’ Timothy Nerozzi and Elizabeth Elkind contributed to this report.
