Posted on 09/03/2021 4:14:00 PM PDT by upchuck
A Gold Star family said that they refused to meet with President Joe Biden after their loved one's murder in Kabul, Afghanistan, in a suicide bombing last week.
What are the details? In a Thursday evening interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity, fallen Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Rylee McCollum's father Jim McCollum and sister Roice McCollum said that Biden offered no sympathy following Rylee's sudden death and made it about his own loss instead.
Hannity began the segment with the McCollums by lauding Rylee's sacrifice for the country, calling him and his 12 fellow service members who were killed in the attack "the best America had to offer" and the country's "national treasure."
(Hannity blather not included)
In remarks, the family agreed and detailed why they decided against a personal meeting with the president following the abrupt withdrawal from Afghanistan.
"That's one of the reasons I chose not to speak with President Biden," Jim responded to Hannity. "Everything he has done was completely wrong. We had opportunities to do this the right way, and we absolutely failed miserably as an administration. I can't blame the entire thing on one administration; it goes back ... we're 20 years into this, but when it came down to pulling people out and pulling troops out and leaving the country, there was no — you couldn't have picked a worse way to go about it."
Roice also recalled the moment when she and her sister-in-law attended the president's meeting with other Gold Star families impacted by last week's terror attack. She abruptly left after Biden "insisted on speaking only of his late son Beau and neglected to mention any of the fallen service members' names," Fox reported. "He didn't even mention Rylee," she said. "Never said their names to any parent, as far as I'm aware. ... [Biden] came in with his story about his son who served, and it's like, that is not even remotely the same thing. ... It's still tragic, [Beau Biden] died of cancer, and that is sad, but it is not even close to the same situation, and there was, again, no mention of Rylee, no 'I'm sorry for your loss,' it was 'My son died, too.' He tapped her on the leg and she pulled away twice, and then he got up and went and talked to another family. A lot of the other families that he talked to, he spoke with a lot longer, but only because they carried on the conversation to really share their thoughts with him. Otherwise, I am pretty sure it probably would have been a two-minute conversation to each family, mostly about his son."
Just wait until Grandpa Simpson does a prime-time ‘Victory Lap’ on the 20th anniversary of 9/11 — cause it’s coming.
I would have granted the meeting.....then proceeded to film the ass-ripping, verbal tongue-lashing that I would haven given to the Poser-In-Chief.....then posted it for all the world to see.
Joe gets his orders from a group of five or six Obama and Clinton advisors. Joe is told or scripted what to say and to whom he should talk to. The Liberal Dems are trying to get complete control of the Country. They already have the MSM, FBI, DOJ and both houses of gov’t plus the Executive Branch. There main goal is to get control of the guns and destroy the Second Amendment which will also take out the First Amendment.
Then, Socialism will prevail.
Should have met with him and had the media other when they called him out right to his senile face.
I understand their actions, but part of me wishes they would use the opportunity to ask Biden why he blocked the drone shot* that could have taken out the bomber who killed their child.
(*There are reports that we had the bomber id’ed and a drone had locked on the target; after unsuccessfully asking the Taliban’s permission, Biden called it off. This claim might be false, but let Biden sputter, call them liars, and attempt a fistfight).
However, they may be able to sidestep the 2A. The challenge for patriot Americans will be when the shelves at Walmart and major supermarket are empty and gasoline is unavailable.
The Deep State will be the one handing out emergency food supplies; what will they require from those who wish to feed their families?
I wouldn’t have denied Xiden audience. I would have used it as an opportunity to punch him out.
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