President Biden forced the grieving families of U.S. Marines killed during the disastrous U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan to wait for hours while he napped on Air Force One, multiple Gold Star family members have revealed.
On August 26, 2021, 13 U.S. soldiers and more than 170 Afghans were killed when a suicide bomber detonated at Kabul International Airport’s Abbey Gate in Afghanistan. The attack came during the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from the country after the Afghan government collapsed within a matter of days.
Ahead of the dignified transfer ceremony, where President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden welcomed the caskets of the fallen soldiers at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, families were forced to wait for hours after Air Force One touched down. The reason for the delay was rather astonishing, as numerous family members told the Daily Mail that Biden opted to nap on the tarmac as they awaited the remains of their loved ones.
Biden “made us wait an extra three hours to receive the bodies of our dead family members because he couldn’t pull it together,” Roice McCollum, whose brother Rylee was killed in the suicide bombing, told the outlet. A military officer later informed