Mother of Slain Marine Eviscerates Joe Biden for Ignoring Her Son's Death

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One of the dumber developments from President Joe Biden’s first State of the Union address was the consternation over Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) heckling him. When the president mentioned “flag-draped coffins” while not actually talking about soldiers killed in action, Boebert shouted out “13 of them,” speaking of the 13 service members who perished during Biden’s botched Afghanistan withdrawal.

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But the real story was not a congresswoman breaching the rules of decorum for a mere moment. Rather, the most relevant issue was that the President of the United States did not even bother honoring the military members who died as a direct result of his politicization and incompetence regarding Afghanistan. Instead, Biden spent several minutes rehashing the same story about “burn pits” in Iraq he’s told multiple times, again trying to tie that to his son developing cancer years later.

But those who died at the hands of a suicide bomber because the president wanted to take a victory lap on 9/11? They weren’t worth a mention, and the mother of one of those who perished has spoken out.

Yeah, I’d say she’s upset, and she has every right to be. Instead of talking about burn pits and misleading Americans about his son’s death again, as tragic as it was, Biden had every opportunity to honor the sacrifice of those he sent to die. The president, being the stubborn, senile old man that he is, refused to listen to his generals and rushed a pull-out from Afghanistan that wasn’t ready to happen, leaving American service members exposed and vulnerable. 13 of them paid the ultimate price for his negligence and selfishness.

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Given what those families are going through, he couldn’t even carve out a single minute from his terribly written State of the Union speech to mention their names and offer his support? In fact, he didn’t even mention Afghanistan at all. If you are looking for an example of cowardice in a politician, there it is.

Biden has often been labeled the “empathizer in chief” by the media, but that’s always been a ludicrous description of the president. Feeling pain over the death of one’s own family member, as understandable as that is, does not make someone broadly empathetic, and Biden has shown time and again that he simply doesn’t care about the suffering of others. That’s especially true when that suffering conflicts with one of his political goals. He’s a rabid partisan who will go to his grave worrying more about his own legacy than doing what’s right.

Shana Chappell and the rest of the Gold Star Families whose loved ones died on that fateful August day in Afghanistan deserve better. They deserve a president who cares enough to not run from the consequences of his actions. Instead, they are stuck with Joe Biden, and it has never been more apparent how unqualified he is for the office he holds.

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