Posted on 08/31/2021 9:02:07 AM PDT by Red Badger
Two Gold Star fathers of U.S. Marines killed in an ISIS-K-linked blast in Kabul amid President Joe Biden's Afghanistan withdrawal lambasted the commander in chief for acting selfish in their interactions.
Mark Schmitz, father of Missouri Marine Jared Schmitz, and Darin Hoover, father of Utah Marine Darin Taylor Hoover Jr. discussed their tragic and terrible losses in an interview with "Hannity" on Monday.
"He talked a bit more about his own son than he did my son, and that didn't sit well with me."
Hoover told "Hannity" the reasoning behind his decision not to meet with Biden was manifested at Dover Air Force Base, Del., where the president and first lady were on hand to solemnly greet the caskets of the 13 fallen American heroes over the weekend.
Biden was photographed checking his watch during the ceremony, which critics said showed a stark lack of empathy toward the grieving families.
Schmitz elected to meet with Biden, while Hoover told host Sean Hannity he "didn't want [Biden] anywhere near us."
Schmitz said their meeting, however, was not pleasant, adding that the president reportedly spoke more about his own deceased son, former Delaware State Attorney General Joseph "Beau" Biden III, than he did Jared.
The younger Biden, who died in 2015 at age 46, had served in Iraq with the U.S. Army and passed away from glioblastoma – an aggressive form of brain cancer.
"Initially, I wasn't going to meet with him," Schmitz said. "But then I felt I owed it to my son to at least have some words with him about how I felt – and it didn't go well."
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Well, for Biden, everything is about him.
The families should have invited Trump to stand next to them.
Anyone noticing (with a few exceptions) the entire GOP establishment t has gone silent?
Why do you think that the GOP establishment has gone silent? Do you think there’s something going on behind the scenes?
I say that is a smart move. When the enemy is busy screwing themselves don't direct attention away from them.
yeah that would have triggered something
why did they remain silent, They have NO BALLS!
I do actually. Trump is controlling the entire party. Im watching Cruz, MTG , Paul and they are careful to not cross the removal by force line. Even Don Jr .
If you notice none of them especially trump is in panic mode. Trump acts on offense not defensivly.
He said “something good is going to happen to America soon” and I believe him.
People freak out and it is scary but noone is paying attention to how their plans are failing.
Even the southern border is fixable and removing the invaders will be swift.
But people are seeing all this in real time because the left lost 4 years and now have to rush to get on track. Its not working very well if you pay attention.
This whole afghanistan thing is the lefts move to accomplish a few goals. They are bringing an army to the united States becaue BLM and Antifa are collapsed. They want their army.
It will fail.
Beau Biden did not die in combat and I am not even sure he was on active duty at the time of his death. Talk about Stolen Valor! Just like “Doctor” Jill Biden feeding off the achievements of bona fide medical doctors.
I’m sorry for the Bidens’ loss of their son, but what has dying of cancer surrounded by loved ones have to do with being murdered by suicide bomber far from home?
I guess let Biden twist in the wind for now, let him keep saying inept and callous things until everyone who has a shred of decency is sick of him. But at some point they need to make a serious impeachment attempt.
I KNEW he was going to try to commiserate by bringing Beau into the conversation. I just KNEW it. He couldn’t help himself. That was not the time.
Well, I’d like to believe that they’re following Napoleon’s advice about not interrupting the enemy when he is making a mistake.
Like to.
More likely they’re complicit.
And no one caused Beau’s death. The biden admin caused the death of the 13 young adult soldiers.
Bttt.
5.56mm
Trump should invite all the Gold Star families to Mara Lago for a reception to honor their sons and daughters. All expenses paid.
Maybe they can get some well deserved sympathy from the real President.
“Biden was photographed checking his watch during the ceremony”
He checks his watch regularly, there are dozens of photos on line through the years of him looking at his watch. One would think since time is so important to him, he would be able to be punctual when addressing the American people.
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