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What was that fool yelling lol.
Also I don't think I've ever seen anyone get kicked out of the State of the Union lmao
[incoherent yelling]
I'm seeing contradictory reporting, but the consensus is he's a Gold Star Dad who lost his kid in the Afghani evacuation, and was arrested for the interruption.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2024/03/07/yelling-state-of-the-union-heckler-mentions-abbey-gate/72891395007/
“Remember Abbey Gate! US Marines!”
Abbey Gate is a reference to a 2021 suicide bombing during the evacuation of Afghanistan.
The protestor was handcuffed and arrested after being escorted out by security from the House gallery as seen in a photo shared with USA TODAY.
https://nypost.com/2024/03/08/us-news/heckler-who-shouted-at-biden-during-state-of-the-union-identified-as-gold-star-father/
“Abbey Gate!” Steve Nikoui yelled down at the president. “Second Battalion, First Marines!”
Capitol Police escorted Nikoui, 51, out of the chamber around 10:15 p.m. and took him into custody.
He was charged with crowding, obstructing, or incommoding Congress, a misdemeanor that typically results in the offender’s release after paying a $50 fine.
Nikoui’s son, Lance Cpl. Kareem Nikoui, was killed by a suicide bomber outside Kabul’s international airport while trying to process evacuees from the Biden administration’s botched Afghanistan withdrawal in August 2021.
So a grieving father being used by the republicans to Politicize his kids death..
Totally on brand.
I'm pretty sure the guy is more than happy to, even though Trump literally invited the people that blew up his son to Camp David and handed them Afghanistan.
It sounded something similar to free marine, I am waiting for better response too
Free Palestine?
I'm seeing contradictory reporting, but the consensus is he's a Gold Star Dad who lost his kid in the Afghani evacuation, and was arrested for the interruption.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2024/03/07/yelling-state-of-the-union-heckler-mentions-abbey-gate/72891395007/
“Remember Abbey Gate! US Marines!”
Abbey Gate is a reference to a 2021 suicide bombing during the evacuation of Afghanistan.
The protestor was handcuffed and arrested after being escorted out by security from the House gallery as seen in a photo shared with USA TODAY.
https://nypost.com/2024/03/08/us-news/heckler-who-shouted-at-biden-during-state-of-the-union-identified-as-gold-star-father/
“Abbey Gate!” Steve Nikoui yelled down at the president. “Second Battalion, First Marines!”
Capitol Police escorted Nikoui, 51, out of the chamber around 10:15 p.m. and took him into custody.
He was charged with crowding, obstructing, or incommoding Congress, a misdemeanor that typically results in the offender’s release after paying a $50 fine.
Nikoui’s son, Lance Cpl. Kareem Nikoui, was killed by a suicide bomber outside Kabul’s international airport while trying to process evacuees from the Biden administration’s botched Afghanistan withdrawal in August 2021.
The botched withdrawl that Trump signed us up for and forced down bidens throat, so he could be blamed for anything that happened whether he honored the agreement or renegged on it.*
same reason trump signed that bill that would cut taxes until Bidens term, where they raise.
Trump signed us up for it, and Biden was right that it needed to be done, but the execution of it was a travesty.
I know, I know, it's not like Biden planned every last detail of it, but when you say something idiotic like:
"There’s going to be no circumstance where you see people being lifted off the roof of an embassy in the — of the United States from Afghanistan. It is not at all comparable."
Source:
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/567872-the-biden-fall-of-saigon-media-narrative-in-afghanistan-presents-worst/
Then this happens:
https://youtu.be/-qpmi5KqggY
And this:
https://youtu.be/YUkObNlWjsI
Followed by this:
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/kabul-falls-to-taliban-us-withdrawal
and this:
https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/07/05/taliban-afghanistan-arms-dealers-weapons-sales-terrorism/
Yeahhh... not a good look.
It was way more extensive than two words... but not intelligible.
I'm seeing contradictory reporting, but the consensus is he's a Gold Star Dad who lost his kid in the Afghani evacuation, and was arrested for the interruption.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2024/03/07/yelling-state-of-the-union-heckler-mentions-abbey-gate/72891395007/
“Remember Abbey Gate! US Marines!”
Abbey Gate is a reference to a 2021 suicide bombing during the evacuation of Afghanistan.
The protestor was handcuffed and arrested after being escorted out by security from the House gallery as seen in a photo shared with USA TODAY.
https://nypost.com/2024/03/08/us-news/heckler-who-shouted-at-biden-during-state-of-the-union-identified-as-gold-star-father/
“Abbey Gate!” Steve Nikoui yelled down at the president. “Second Battalion, First Marines!”
Capitol Police escorted Nikoui, 51, out of the chamber around 10:15 p.m. and took him into custody.
He was charged with crowding, obstructing, or incommoding Congress, a misdemeanor that typically results in the offender’s release after paying a $50 fine.
Nikoui’s son, Lance Cpl. Kareem Nikoui, was killed by a suicide bomber outside Kabul’s international airport while trying to process evacuees from the Biden administration’s botched Afghanistan withdrawal in August 2021.