{"id":13208,"date":"2024-03-09T06:09:24","date_gmt":"2024-03-09T00:39:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/09\/outcry-as-father-of-fallen-marine-arrested-during-state-of-the-union\/"},"modified":"2024-03-09T06:09:24","modified_gmt":"2024-03-09T00:39:24","slug":"outcry-as-father-of-fallen-marine-arrested-during-state-of-the-union","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/09\/outcry-as-father-of-fallen-marine-arrested-during-state-of-the-union\/","title":{"rendered":"Outcry as Father of Fallen Marine Arrested During State of the Union"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_82\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Republicans criticized the detention of Steve Nikoui, the father of a Marine killed amid President Joe Biden\u2019s Afghanistan withdrawal, as he demanded recognition for the 13 U.S. service members slain during the State of the Union address.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Mike Waltz (R-FL), a retired Green Beret colonel and Afghanistan War veteran, shared a photo with Nikoui at the Capitol prior to the speech, stating:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis Gold Star father \u2013 Steve Nikoui \u2013 lost his son Kareem Nikoui at Abbey Gate Afghanistan. Then Kareem\u2019s older brother committed suicide over the loss. To this day, Biden has never apologized or said Kareem\u2019s name in public. And Steve was ARRESTED for demanding Biden do so at SOTU. Seriously?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nikoui, a guest of Army veteran Rep. Brian Mast (R-FL), interrupted Biden\u2019s speech as the President mentioned keeping Americans safe. Nikoui shouted \u201cAbbey Gate\u201d \u2014 the entrance where his son and 12 other troops perished during the chaotic withdrawal \u2014 and \u201cUnited States Marines.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This Gold Star father \u2013 Steve Nikoui \u2013 lost his son Kareem Nikoui at Abbey Gate Afghanistan.  <\/p>\n<p>Then Kareem\u2019s older brother committed suicide over the loss. <\/p>\n<p>To this day, Biden has never apologized or said Kareem\u2019s name in public. <\/p>\n<p>And Steve was ARRESTED for demanding Biden do\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ubyK2XkBM0\">pic.twitter.com\/ubyK2XkBM0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Mike Waltz (@michaelgwaltz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/michaelgwaltz\/status\/1765979038013628842?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 8, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe 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\u2019s incompetence. So much for the right to petition our government for the redress of grievances.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mast later criticized Nikoui\u2019s arrest, emphasizing his desire for Biden to remember his son.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSteve Nikoui, the father of fallen Marine LCpl. Kareem Nikoui, was my guest to #SOTU2024. He was arrested because he cried out to @JoeBiden to remember his son. Joe Biden has never honored those killed at the Abbey Gate and still hails the catastrophic withdrawal as a success!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Axios, Nikoui faced a local misdemeanor charge of \u201ccrowding, obstructing or incommoding,\u201d despite Congress members also disrupting Biden\u2019s speech. D.C. code prohibits protesting \u201cin an area where it is otherwise unlawful to demonstrate\u201d and continuing \u201cafter being instructed by a law enforcement officer to cease,\u201d carrying a fine of up to $500 and 90 days in prison.<\/p>\n<p>Capitol Police stated they warned Nikoui to stop yelling, and upon refusal, he was removed and arrested.<\/p>\n<p>                    <!--begin code --><\/p>\n<p>                    <!--end code --><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/americanfaith.com\/outcry-as-father-of-fallen-marine-arrested-during-state-of-the-union\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republicans criticized the detention of Steve Nikoui, the father of a Marine killed amid President Joe Biden\u2019s Afghanistan withdrawal, as he demanded recognition for the 13 U.S. service members slain during the State of the Union address. 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Mike Waltz (R-FL), a retired Green Beret colonel and Afghanistan War veteran, shared a photo with Nikoui [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13209,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[]},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13208"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13208"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13208\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}