NBC's Kristen Welker “falsely suggested” that Vice President Kamala Harris was present at a dignified transfer ceremony for U.S. soldiers killed during the withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) appeared on NBC's “Meet the Press” on Sunday and criticized President Biden and Sen. Harris for ignoring the families of fallen soldiers.
“Joe Biden And where was Kamala Harris? Joe Biden was sitting on a beach. Kamala Harris was sitting in her mansion in Washington, D.C. She was four miles, 10 minutes away. She could have gone to the cemetery and honored the sacrifice of those young men and women, but she didn't. She never spoke to them or met with them,” Cotton told Welker. “Because of her and Joe Biden's incompetence, those 13 Americans were killed in Afghanistan.”
“They met them during their dignified transfer. They were with them during their dignified transfer,” Welcker interjected.
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NBC's Kristen Welker “falsely suggested” that President Biden and Vice President Harris were both present at the dignified transfer of a U.S. soldier killed in Afghanistan during the U.S. withdrawal from the Middle East.
NBC posted a correction on the show's X account after the show aired.
“This morning's broadcast erroneously reported that both President Biden and Vice President Harris attended the dignified transfer of 13 U.S. troops killed during the withdrawal from Afghanistan,” NBC wrote on its “Meet the Press” X account.
“Mr Biden was in attendance, but Ms Harris was not,” the statement continued.
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President Biden also attended the event and was photographed “multiple times checking his watch” throughout the proceedings.
Former President Trump, who visited Arlington National Cemetery at the request of the families of Gold Star recipients, was marking the third anniversary of the botched withdrawal from Afghanistan in which 13 U.S. troops were killed.
“The Trump team was very polite and thoughtful. They wanted to be respectful of everyone there,” said Christy Shamblin, mother of slain Marine Sergeant Nicole Gee. Fallen 13 “I was shocked,” he said from Afghanistan.Sacramento Bee”
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Republican presidential candidate and former US President Donald Trump stands next to Misty Fuoco, sister of Sergeant Nicole Gee who died in the Abbey Gate bombing, during a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, on August 26, 2024. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
“The big news stories in the mainstream media are [Fallen] “13 is not a story of honor and respect. I don't understand why. There's always some story of some kind of conflict that didn't happen… The Trump team worked diligently with us and with Arlington to make sure there were no disruptions to services or even school groups,” Shamblin continued.
Gee's mother also told The Bee that she is “confident” a second term for the Trump administration “will be better.” Veterans and their families”
Thirteen military families say they have yet to hear from Biden or Harris, despite attempts to contact the administration.
“At least Biden sent a canned message,” Shamblin added. “One of the most tragic things about the administration ignoring this and not addressing us by name is that it really starts to feel like their defeat was for naught.”
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