Shana Chappell, the mother of Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Kareem M. Nikoui, was not happy with the way President Joe Biden acted during the dignified transfer of the 13 slain U.S. service members. She wrote a scathing social media post that was mistakenly taken down but restored.
She said: “President Joe Biden This msg is for you! I know my face is etched into your brain! I was able to look you straight in the eyes yesterday and have words with you. After I lay my son to rest you will be seeing me again!
“Remember I am the one who stood 5 inches from your face and was letting you know I would never get to hug my son again, hear his laugh, and then you tried to interrupt me and give me your own sob story and I had to tell you “that this isn’t about you so don’t make it about you!!!”
“You then said you just wanted me to know that you know how I feel and I let you know that you don’t know how I feel and you do not have the right to tell me you know how I feel!
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“U then rolled your fucking eyes in your head like you were annoyed with me and I let you know that the only reason I was talking to you was out of respect for my son and that was the only reason why, I then proceeded to tell you again how you took my son away from me and how I will never get to hug him, kiss him, laugh with him again, etc.
“U turned to walk away and I let you know my son’s blood was on your hands and you threw your hand up behind you as you walked away from me like you were saying “ ok whatever!!!
“You turned your back on my son, on all of our Heros!!! MY SONS BLOOD IS ON YOUR HANDS!!! All 13 of them, their blood is on your hands!!!!
“If my president Trump was in his rightful seat then my son and the other Heros would still be alive!!!!
“You will be seeing me again very soon!!!
“Btw as my son and the rest of our fallen Heroes were being taken off the plane yesterday I watched you disrespect us all 5 different times by checking your watch!!!
“What the fuck was so important that you had to keep looking at your watch???? You are nobody special Biden!!! America Hates you!!!!!”
Gold Star father Darin Hoover said:
“In reference to the checking of his watch, that didn’t happen just once. That happened on every single one that came out of that airplane. It happened on every single one of them.
“They would release the salute, and he would look down at his watch on every last one, all 13, he looked down at his watch.”
“They let them down, we can’t have that. It can’t happen ever again.”
Gold Star father Mark Schmitz said:
“I actually leaned into my son’s mother’s ear in I said I swear to god if he checks his watch one more time and was probably only four times in, I couldn’t look at him anymore after that.”
Thirteen American heroes return home to today.
Pray for God to comfort their loved ones. pic.twitter.com/oQgj1A9lcM
— Senator Melissa Melendez (@senatormelendez) August 29, 2021
This is so hard to watch, lives we didn’t have to lose. May they rest in eternal peace as heroes of our nation and of the world. https://t.co/cguszDYzsb
— Senator Melissa Melendez (@senatormelendez) August 29, 2021
13 families had to watch their child be removed from an aircraft, placed into a vehicle and driven away.
They weren’t able to hug their child, or even touch their hand.
They could only watch.
While Biden checked his. https://t.co/vLAxtPgSS9
— Senator Melissa Melendez (@senatormelendez) August 30, 2021