Gold Star dad Steve Nikoui arrested after heckling Biden at SOTU address

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Thirteen service members were killed in the Kabul airport bombing on Aug. 26, 2021. Top Row from left: Lance Cpl. Dylan R. Merola, 20, of Rancho Cucamonga, Cpl. Hunter Lopez, 22, of Indio, and Cpl. Kareem M. Nikoui, 20, of Norco. Middle Row from left: Staff Sgt. Taylor Hoover, 31, of Salt Lake City, Utah, Cpl. Daegan W. Page, 23, of Omaha, Nebraska, Sgt. Johanny Rosario Pichardo, 25, of Lawrence, Massachusetts Cpl. Humberto A. Sanchez, 22, of Logansport, Indiana, and Lance Cpl. David L. Espinoza, 20, of Rio Bravo, Texas. Bottom Row from left: Lance Cpl. Jared M. Schmitz, 20, of St. Charles, Missouri, Lance Cpl. Rylee J. McCollum, 20, of Jackson, Wyoming, Navy Corpsman, Maxton W. Soviak, 22, of Berlin Heights, Ohio, Army Staff Sgt. Ryan C. Knauss, 23, of Corryton, Tennessee and Sgt. Nicole L. Gee, 23, of Roseville, California.

No one cares. How many kids are dead due to assault rifle wielding magas shooting up schools?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The Mike Johnson defense has been deboonked.

Bring in the next lie to defend Biden, stat!

The guy broke the law, plain and simple. No further defense needed.

Read the comments.

Don't read them. They're a dumb waste of time. People don't get to break the law just because their family died in military service. If they do, then Biden's impeachment inquiry is (even more) null and void, since he lost a son who incurred injuries during military service.

[Anonymous]

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Thirteen service members were killed in the Kabul airport bombing on Aug. 26, 2021. Top Row from left: Lance Cpl. Dylan R. Merola, 20, of Rancho Cucamonga, Cpl. Hunter Lopez, 22, of Indio, and Cpl. Kareem M. Nikoui, 20, of Norco. Middle Row from left: Staff Sgt. Taylor Hoover, 31, of Salt Lake City, Utah, Cpl. Daegan W. Page, 23, of Omaha, Nebraska, Sgt. Johanny Rosario Pichardo, 25, of Lawrence, Massachusetts Cpl. Humberto A. Sanchez, 22, of Logansport, Indiana, and Lance Cpl. David L. Espinoza, 20, of Rio Bravo, Texas. Bottom Row from left: Lance Cpl. Jared M. Schmitz, 20, of St. Charles, Missouri, Lance Cpl. Rylee J. McCollum, 20, of Jackson, Wyoming, Navy Corpsman, Maxton W. Soviak, 22, of Berlin Heights, Ohio, Army Staff Sgt. Ryan C. Knauss, 23, of Corryton, Tennessee and Sgt. Nicole L. Gee, 23, of Roseville, California.

Just last year, the House GOP proposed cutting Veterans healthcare benefits by 22% until Democrats called them out on it. But keep trying to show that your side actually cares about veterans other than as props to score a few political points.

Veterans can’t get healthcare, do you know any Veterans. You obviously arena a Vet and don’t know one in person. -a Vet, service connected disability, can’t get an appointment at the VA, community care denied. Biden just made it so all Vets with toxic injuries and disabilities can get VA care. Won’t do a damn thing, nobody can get appointments as it is. All hat no gd cattle.

[Anonymous]

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Thirteen service members were killed in the Kabul airport bombing on Aug. 26, 2021. Top Row from left: Lance Cpl. Dylan R. Merola, 20, of Rancho Cucamonga, Cpl. Hunter Lopez, 22, of Indio, and Cpl. Kareem M. Nikoui, 20, of Norco. Middle Row from left: Staff Sgt. Taylor Hoover, 31, of Salt Lake City, Utah, Cpl. Daegan W. Page, 23, of Omaha, Nebraska, Sgt. Johanny Rosario Pichardo, 25, of Lawrence, Massachusetts Cpl. Humberto A. Sanchez, 22, of Logansport, Indiana, and Lance Cpl. David L. Espinoza, 20, of Rio Bravo, Texas. Bottom Row from left: Lance Cpl. Jared M. Schmitz, 20, of St. Charles, Missouri, Lance Cpl. Rylee J. McCollum, 20, of Jackson, Wyoming, Navy Corpsman, Maxton W. Soviak, 22, of Berlin Heights, Ohio, Army Staff Sgt. Ryan C. Knauss, 23, of Corryton, Tennessee and Sgt. Nicole L. Gee, 23, of Roseville, California.

Just last year, the House GOP proposed cutting Veterans healthcare benefits by 22% until Democrats called them out on it. But keep trying to show that your side actually cares about veterans other than as props to score a few political points.

Veterans can’t get healthcare, do you know any Veterans. You obviously arena a Vet and don’t know one in person. -a Vet, service connected disability, can’t get an appointment at the VA, community care denied. Biden just made it so all Vets with toxic injuries and disabilities can get VA care. Won’t do a damn thing, nobody can get appointments as it is. All hat no gd cattle.

What is the GOP doing to give you better healthcare? Why don't you ask them what their plan to repeal and replace the ACA? Many, many Democrats (including me) support Medicare for all.

[Anonymous]

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Thirteen service members were killed in the Kabul airport bombing on Aug. 26, 2021. Top Row from left: Lance Cpl. Dylan R. Merola, 20, of Rancho Cucamonga, Cpl. Hunter Lopez, 22, of Indio, and Cpl. Kareem M. Nikoui, 20, of Norco. Middle Row from left: Staff Sgt. Taylor Hoover, 31, of Salt Lake City, Utah, Cpl. Daegan W. Page, 23, of Omaha, Nebraska, Sgt. Johanny Rosario Pichardo, 25, of Lawrence, Massachusetts Cpl. Humberto A. Sanchez, 22, of Logansport, Indiana, and Lance Cpl. David L. Espinoza, 20, of Rio Bravo, Texas. Bottom Row from left: Lance Cpl. Jared M. Schmitz, 20, of St. Charles, Missouri, Lance Cpl. Rylee J. McCollum, 20, of Jackson, Wyoming, Navy Corpsman, Maxton W. Soviak, 22, of Berlin Heights, Ohio, Army Staff Sgt. Ryan C. Knauss, 23, of Corryton, Tennessee and Sgt. Nicole L. Gee, 23, of Roseville, California.

Just last year, the House GOP proposed cutting Veterans healthcare benefits by 22% until Democrats called them out on it. But keep trying to show that your side actually cares about veterans other than as props to score a few political points.

Biden can disrespect these Marines and their families, who gives a crap about the Capitol? The Capitol would not even be a thing if our Military didn’t do the dangerous work of defending our country. If you think regular Americans are ok with the arrest of a Gold Star dad for shouting Abbey Gate and United States Marine Corp, you will lose this November and you can blame yourselves for being arrogant pricks. You deserve to lose.

Just checking my notes. So you’re going to vote then for the man who disparaged a Gold Star family in 2016 and then blamed them for giving him covid in 2020? Just wanted to make sure that’s what is occurring here and that we’re all on the same page. Signed, regular American and daughter of a Gold Star Family member.

[Anonymous]

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Thirteen service members were killed in the Kabul airport bombing on Aug. 26, 2021. Top Row from left: Lance Cpl. Dylan R. Merola, 20, of Rancho Cucamonga, Cpl. Hunter Lopez, 22, of Indio, and Cpl. Kareem M. Nikoui, 20, of Norco. Middle Row from left: Staff Sgt. Taylor Hoover, 31, of Salt Lake City, Utah, Cpl. Daegan W. Page, 23, of Omaha, Nebraska, Sgt. Johanny Rosario Pichardo, 25, of Lawrence, Massachusetts Cpl. Humberto A. Sanchez, 22, of Logansport, Indiana, and Lance Cpl. David L. Espinoza, 20, of Rio Bravo, Texas. Bottom Row from left: Lance Cpl. Jared M. Schmitz, 20, of St. Charles, Missouri, Lance Cpl. Rylee J. McCollum, 20, of Jackson, Wyoming, Navy Corpsman, Maxton W. Soviak, 22, of Berlin Heights, Ohio, Army Staff Sgt. Ryan C. Knauss, 23, of Corryton, Tennessee and Sgt. Nicole L. Gee, 23, of Roseville, California.

Well, at least Joe Biden looked at his writstwatch several times while they were being taken off the plane in Dover. He really, really cared about them and their families!!!

[Anonymous]

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Thirteen service members were killed in the Kabul airport bombing on Aug. 26, 2021. Top Row from left: Lance Cpl. Dylan R. Merola, 20, of Rancho Cucamonga, Cpl. Hunter Lopez, 22, of Indio, and Cpl. Kareem M. Nikoui, 20, of Norco. Middle Row from left: Staff Sgt. Taylor Hoover, 31, of Salt Lake City, Utah, Cpl. Daegan W. Page, 23, of Omaha, Nebraska, Sgt. Johanny Rosario Pichardo, 25, of Lawrence, Massachusetts Cpl. Humberto A. Sanchez, 22, of Logansport, Indiana, and Lance Cpl. David L. Espinoza, 20, of Rio Bravo, Texas. Bottom Row from left: Lance Cpl. Jared M. Schmitz, 20, of St. Charles, Missouri, Lance Cpl. Rylee J. McCollum, 20, of Jackson, Wyoming, Navy Corpsman, Maxton W. Soviak, 22, of Berlin Heights, Ohio, Army Staff Sgt. Ryan C. Knauss, 23, of Corryton, Tennessee and Sgt. Nicole L. Gee, 23, of Roseville, California.

No one cares. How many kids are dead due to assault rifle wielding magas shooting up schools?

The Colorado Springs shooter identified as non binary.

The Denver shooter identified as trans.

The Aberdeen shooter identified as trans.

The Nashville shooter identified as trans.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I work for OSD. The Afghan withdrawal was centralized at the NSC w/ Sullivan. SecDef would never have let this happen if Biden gave him the proper authorities. This father has a reason to be mad. I'm mad.

You’re either lying or you’re terribly unprofessional.

[Anonymous]

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Thirteen service members were killed in the Kabul airport bombing on Aug. 26, 2021. Top Row from left: Lance Cpl. Dylan R. Merola, 20, of Rancho Cucamonga, Cpl. Hunter Lopez, 22, of Indio, and Cpl. Kareem M. Nikoui, 20, of Norco. Middle Row from left: Staff Sgt. Taylor Hoover, 31, of Salt Lake City, Utah, Cpl. Daegan W. Page, 23, of Omaha, Nebraska, Sgt. Johanny Rosario Pichardo, 25, of Lawrence, Massachusetts Cpl. Humberto A. Sanchez, 22, of Logansport, Indiana, and Lance Cpl. David L. Espinoza, 20, of Rio Bravo, Texas. Bottom Row from left: Lance Cpl. Jared M. Schmitz, 20, of St. Charles, Missouri, Lance Cpl. Rylee J. McCollum, 20, of Jackson, Wyoming, Navy Corpsman, Maxton W. Soviak, 22, of Berlin Heights, Ohio, Army Staff Sgt. Ryan C. Knauss, 23, of Corryton, Tennessee and Sgt. Nicole L. Gee, 23, of Roseville, California.

It’s tragic and sad, but Biden didn’t kill them. They were killed by suicide bomber who got through.

We were in Afghanistan for 20 years and ultimately we failed. The corrupt Afghan government that we subsidized and propped up collapsed. The incompetent Afghan military that we subsidized and propped up collapsed. Trump capitulated and turned it over to the Taliban without a strategy for our withdrawal.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Thirteen service members were killed in the Kabul airport bombing on Aug. 26, 2021. Top Row from left: Lance Cpl. Dylan R. Merola, 20, of Rancho Cucamonga, Cpl. Hunter Lopez, 22, of Indio, and Cpl. Kareem M. Nikoui, 20, of Norco. Middle Row from left: Staff Sgt. Taylor Hoover, 31, of Salt Lake City, Utah, Cpl. Daegan W. Page, 23, of Omaha, Nebraska, Sgt. Johanny Rosario Pichardo, 25, of Lawrence, Massachusetts Cpl. Humberto A. Sanchez, 22, of Logansport, Indiana, and Lance Cpl. David L. Espinoza, 20, of Rio Bravo, Texas. Bottom Row from left: Lance Cpl. Jared M. Schmitz, 20, of St. Charles, Missouri, Lance Cpl. Rylee J. McCollum, 20, of Jackson, Wyoming, Navy Corpsman, Maxton W. Soviak, 22, of Berlin Heights, Ohio, Army Staff Sgt. Ryan C. Knauss, 23, of Corryton, Tennessee and Sgt. Nicole L. Gee, 23, of Roseville, California.

No one cares. How many kids are dead due to assault rifle wielding magas shooting up schools?

The Colorado Springs shooter identified as non binary.

The Denver shooter identified as trans.

The Aberdeen shooter identified as trans.

The Nashville shooter identified as trans.

Sooooo what are we supposed to conclude from that, Einstein?

The Aberdeen mass shooting was in 2018. There were 12 mass shootings in 2018
The Denver mass shooting was in 2019. Devon Erickson was NOT trangender. There were 10 mass shootings in 2019
There were 2 mass shootings in 2020
There were 6 mass shootings in 2021
The Colorado Springs mass shooting was in 2022. There were 12 mass shootings in 2022
The Nashville mass shooting was in 2023. There were 12 mass shootings in 2023

4 out of 57 mass shootings during that time span involved non-gender-conforming suspects. That's 7%. Meanwhile the OVERWHELMING MAJORITY of the remaining 93% of mass shootings were committed by straight white males. Yet somehow we're supposed to understand that LBGTQ is the main problem here? Learn some math dude.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I work for OSD. The Afghan withdrawal was centralized at the NSC w/ Sullivan. SecDef would never have let this happen if Biden gave him the proper authorities. This father has a reason to be mad. I'm mad.

You’re either lying or you’re terribly unprofessional.

Yes, OSD PP is wrong, but if he is right it is even worse that DOD did not have a withdrawal plan ready. The Pentagon spent all its time gaslighting about the status instead of admitting that our nation building had failed. Then Trump completely undermined DOD by wanting to invite the Taliban to Camp David on 9/11 so he could surrender to them. He did not give a shit about Afghanistan because there was no oil to steal.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I work for OSD. The Afghan withdrawal was centralized at the NSC w/ Sullivan. SecDef would never have let this happen if Biden gave him the proper authorities. This father has a reason to be mad. I'm mad.

You’re either lying or you’re terribly unprofessional.

Yes, OSD PP is wrong, but if he is right it is even worse that DOD did not have a withdrawal plan ready. The Pentagon spent all its time gaslighting about the status instead of admitting that our nation building had failed. Then Trump completely undermined DOD by wanting to invite the Taliban to Camp David on 9/11 so he could surrender to them. He did not give a shit about Afghanistan because there was no oil to steal.

It was unbelievable. He wanted to bring that terrorist organization to Camp David. He’s beyond a traitorous POS.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:As a reminder, it was Trump and Pompeo who went behind everyone's backs and negotiated the deal with the Taliban for the US to abandon Afghanistan. They did it without input from our Afghan allies, without input from DoD et cetera. And then they gutted all of the logistics and infrastructure needed to help that transition be more orderly.

Louder and one more time for the people blinded by party loyalty and bad news sources.

It's pretty convenient people have forgotten this.

And they've also forgotten that Congress (not the president) is in charge at the Capitol. Johnson warned people not to heckle.

And, another reminder.....

This was BIDEN'S withdrawal. He planned it and poorly executed it. He didn't listen to his military advisors because, you know, Biden thinks he knows best.

"The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction found in a February 2023 report that the Biden administration’s “abrupt and uncoordinated” withdrawal gave locals the impression the US “was simply handing Afghanistan over to a Taliban government-in-waiting.”

A State Department report in June of that year revealed that the administration also failed to take seriously the concerns of the Afghan government at the time amid warnings that Kabul would fall if American troops left."

citation: https://nypost.com/2024/03/08/us-news/gold-star-dad-gets-heros-welcome-at-dc-pub-after-release-following-arrest-for-heckling-biden/

The U.S. military planned it, of course. The White House doesn’t micromanage details of something like this. Biden approved the recommendation. The U.S. military did their best with the f***ed up situation that Trump’s surrender to the Taliban created. There was no Afghan government and no Afghan military. It was Trump’s dumbass policy that forced us to make a hurried chaotic departure.

The buck stops with Biden. And, he failed.
Unfortunately, Biden DID micromanage this debacle.

Top generals told lawmakers under oath on Tuesday that they advised President Joe Biden early this year to keep several thousand troops in Afghanistan — directly contradicting the president’s comments in August that no one warned him not to withdraw troops from the country.

The remarkable testimony pits top military brass against the commander-in-chief as the Biden administration continues to face tough questions about what critics are calling a botched withdrawal that directly led to the deaths of 13 American service members, scenes of chaos at the Kabul airport, and the abandonment of American citizens and at-risk Afghans in the war-torn country.

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/09/28/top-generals-afghanistan-withdrawal-congress-hearing-514491

During a Senate hearing on Tuesday over the frenzied US withdrawal from Afghanistan, top generals seemingly contradicted earlier claims from President Joe Biden on the administration’s plan to remove troops.

In a mid-August interview, Biden repeatedly disputed that military advisers had told him he should keep troops in Afghanistan after the withdrawal deadline.

When asked by ABC’s George Stephanopoulous whether “top military advisers warned against withdrawing on this timeline,” Biden responded, “No, they didn’t.”

To clarify, Stephanopoulous asked, “So no one told – your military advisers did not tell you, ‘No, we should just keep 2,500 troops. It’s been a stable situation for the last several years. We can do that. We can continue to do that’?” To which Biden said, “No one said that to me that I can recall.”

Although top military officials “made a unanimous recommendation” on August 25 to end the military mission in Afghanistan and transition to a diplomatic one, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley and US Central Command head Gen. Frank McKenzie both told Congress during Tuesday’s testimony that they personally supported keeping a small number of troops past the withdrawal deadline. They refused to share exactly what they had told the sitting President but shared their personal opinions on the situation.

“I won’t share my personal recommendation to the President but I will give you my honest opinion. And my honest opinion and view shaped my recommendation,” McKenzie said. “I recommended that we maintain 2,500 troops in Afghanistan. I also recommended earlier, in the fall of 2020, that we maintain 4,500 at that time. Those are my personal views.”

https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/28/politics/afghanistan-biden-testimony-contradiction-fact-check/index.html

[Anonymous]

Trump negotiated with terrorists, gave up our bases, insulted a gold star family and a military widow, and saluted a North Korean general. He said he’s “smarter than the generals” - outrageously insulting.

I don’t care if you criticize Biden, but don’t pretend Trump was somehow superior in any way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:[quote=Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As a reminder, it was Trump and Pompeo who went behind everyone's backs and negotiated the deal with the Taliban for the US to abandon Afghanistan. They did it without input from our Afghan allies, without input from DoD et cetera. And then they gutted all of the logistics and infrastructure needed to help that transition be more orderly.

Louder and one more time for the people blinded by party loyalty and bad news sources.

It's pretty convenient people have forgotten this.

And they've also forgotten that Congress (not the president) is in charge at the Capitol. Johnson warned people not to heckle.

And, another reminder.....

This was BIDEN'S withdrawal. He planned it and poorly executed it. He didn't listen to his military advisors because, you know, Biden thinks he knows best.

"The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction found in a February 2023 report that the Biden administration’s “abrupt and uncoordinated” withdrawal gave locals the impression the US “was simply handing Afghanistan over to a Taliban government-in-waiting.”

A State Department report in June of that year revealed that the administration also failed to take seriously the concerns of the Afghan government at the time amid warnings that Kabul would fall if American troops left."

citation: https://nypost.com/2024/03/08/us-news/gold-star-dad-gets-heros-welcome-at-dc-pub-after-release-following-arrest-for-heckling-biden/

The U.S. military planned it, of course. The White House doesn’t micromanage details of something like this. Biden approved the recommendation. The U.S. military did their best with the f***ed up situation that Trump’s surrender to the Taliban created. There was no Afghan government and no Afghan military. It was Trump’s dumbass policy that forced us to make a hurried chaotic departure.

The buck stops with Biden. And, he failed.
Unfortunately, Biden DID micromanage this debacle.

Top generals told lawmakers under oath on Tuesday that they advised President Joe Biden early this year to keep several thousand troops in Afghanistan — directly contradicting the president’s comments in August that no one warned him not to withdraw troops from the country.

The remarkable testimony pits top military brass against the commander-in-chief as the Biden administration continues to face tough questions about what critics are calling a botched withdrawal that directly led to the deaths of 13 American service members, scenes of chaos at the Kabul airport, and the abandonment of American citizens and at-risk Afghans in the war-torn country.

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/09/28/top-generals-afghanistan-withdrawal-congress-hearing-514491

During a Senate hearing on Tuesday over the frenzied US withdrawal from Afghanistan, top generals seemingly contradicted earlier claims from President Joe Biden on the administration’s plan to remove troops.

In a mid-August interview, Biden repeatedly disputed that military advisers had told him he should keep troops in Afghanistan after the withdrawal deadline.

When asked by ABC’s George Stephanopoulous whether “top military advisers warned against withdrawing on this timeline,” Biden responded, “No, they didn’t.”

To clarify, Stephanopoulous asked, “So no one told – your military advisers did not tell you, ‘No, we should just keep 2,500 troops. It’s been a stable situation for the last several years. We can do that. We can continue to do that’?” To which Biden said, “No one said that to me that I can recall.”

Although top military officials “made a unanimous recommendation” on August 25 to end the military mission in Afghanistan and transition to a diplomatic one, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley and US Central Command head Gen. Frank McKenzie both told Congress during Tuesday’s testimony that they personally supported keeping a small number of troops past the withdrawal deadline. They refused to share exactly what they had told the sitting President but shared their personal opinions on the situation.

“I won’t share my personal recommendation to the President but I will give you my honest opinion. And my honest opinion and view shaped my recommendation,” McKenzie said. “I recommended that we maintain 2,500 troops in Afghanistan. I also recommended earlier, in the fall of 2020, that we maintain 4,500 at that time. Those are my personal views.”

https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/28/politics/afghanistan-biden-testimony-contradiction-fact-check/index.html

There’s that famous Pentagon gaslighting. Leaving 2,500 troops would be idiotic. The country was lost. They would spend all their time protecting themselves in their isolated compound. I suspect the Pentagon hoped to bait an attack that would kill US troops to stir up support for a new invasion and occupation. The fact remains that even if they wanted to stay and bribe corrupt Afghans forever, it was the military’s job to have contingent plans to manage a withdrawal and evacuation when the Afghan government and military both quit, so they should have been ready and in charge of the operation. It’s not their job to sit back and harumph while others clean up their 20-year failure.