Gold Star Father Arrested After Heckling Biden Over Afghanistan Withdrawal
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Gold Star dad Steven Nikoui was arrested for heckling President Biden during the State of the Union over his son's death in the Afghanistan withdrawal. He received a hero's welcome at a DC pub after being released.
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Nikoui's son was one of 13 US service members killed in a 2021 suicide bombing at Kabul airport as the Taliban took over.
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Other Gold Star families who attended Biden's speech celebrated Nikoui's outburst. Some said Jesus would want to talk to him and made jokes about the incident.
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Republicans had invited Nikoui and other Gold Star families to the speech, expecting heckling over the chaotic Afghanistan exit that was disastrous for Biden's approval rating.
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Biden has not accepted responsibility for mistakes made in the withdrawal, angering families like Nikoui who lost loved ones.