Former Democratic Presidential candidate Rep. Dean Phillips, D-Minn., got here to the protection of the daddy of a Marine who was arrested after Thursday’s State of the Union throughout which he shouted at President Joe Biden.
“As a Gold Star Son myself, I can only imagine the pain he has felt since losing his son in Afghanistan,” Phillips wrote on X, formerly Twitter, Friday night “No one should interrupt a State of the Union Address, but if Marjorie Taylor Greene wasn’t arrested for her outbursts, why should he?”
Steve Nikoui, 51, is the daddy of a U.S. Marine who was killed in the course of the botched withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021. Nikoui was escorted out of the Home Galleries throughout Biden’s speech Thursday after he stood up and commenced yelling “Abbey Gate” repeatedly.
GOLD STAR DAD STEVE NIKOUI ARRESTED AFTER HECKLING BIDEN AT SOTU ADDRESS
The heckling was a reference to an assault on the Abbey Gate of Hamid Karzai Worldwide Airport in Afghanistan that occurred in the course of the navy’s withdrawal from the nation.
Former Democratic Presidential candidate Rep. Dean Phillips, D-Minn., got here to the protection of the daddy of a Marine who was arrested after Thursday’s State of the Union throughout which he shouted at President Joe Biden. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Pictures/Shawn Thew/EPA/Bloomberg through Getty Pictures)
The shock assault killed 13 U.S. service members and injured a minimum of 170 civilians — together with Nikoui’s son, Marine Lance Cpl. Kareem Nikoui.
Capitol Police mentioned he was arrested on expenses for crowding, obstructing or incommoding. Home International Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul, R-Texas, not too long ago referred to as for the costs towards Nikoui to be dropped.
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Nikoui was in attendance as a visitor of Rep. Brian Mast’s, R-Fla. The consultant reacted to Nikoui’s arrest shortly after it occurred, writing on X, “The Sergeant at Arms is holding my State of the Union guest for yelling at @POTUS in protest because his son was killed in action at the Abbey Gate due to Biden’s incompetence. So much for the right to petition our government for the redress of grievances.”
Steve Nikoui, 51, is the daddy of a U.S. Marine who was killed in the course of the botched withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021. Nikoui was escorted out of the Home Galleries throughout Biden’s speech Thursday after he stood up and commenced yelling “Abbey Gate” repeatedly. (Shawn Thew/EPA/Bloomberg through Getty Pictures)
Mast is the chairman of the Home International Affairs Subcommittee on Accountability and Oversight.
Phillips additionally name-dropped Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., in his put up on X.
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Greene, who donned a purple “Make America Great Again” hat, shouted at Biden “Say her name!” whereas he was discussing the border disaster. Greene was referencing Laken Riley, the 22-year-old Georgia nursing pupil, who was allegedly killed by a Venezuelan migrant within the nation illegally final month.
Greene, who donned a purple “Make America Great Again” hat, shouted at Biden “Say her name!” whereas he was discussing the border disaster. Greene was referencing Laken Riley, the 22-year-old Georgia nursing pupil, who was allegedly killed by a Venezuelan migrant within the nation illegally final month. (Julia Nikhinson/Bloomberg through Getty Pictures)
Greene had additionally given Biden a pin that learn, “Say her name Laken Riley.”
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Fox Information’ Timothy Nerozzi and Elizabeth Elkind contributed to this report.
