Biden Appears to Check His Watch During Dignified Transfer of Service Members Killed in Afghanistan

President Joe Biden acquired body-slammed on Twitter for a video through which he appeared to casually look at his watch throughout a heartbreaking army ritual the place the our bodies of 13 U.S. service members have been introduced residence to their grieving households.

Within the video, first woman Jill Biden and her husband are seen on the Dover Air Drive Base in Delaware on Sunday awaiting the arrival of the 11 Marines, one soldier and one sailor who have been killed in a terrorist assault in Kabul final week amid Biden’s chaotic withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan.

At one level, the titular “commander-in-chief” of the armed forces furtively checked out his watch earlier than folding his palms behind his again.

Biden seems to examine his watch throughout the dignified switch ceremony at Dover Air Drive Base. pic.twitter.com/oMsBefnmfS

— Benny (@bennyjohnson) August 29, 2021

Biden was excoriated for his disrespectful, tone-deaf gesture throughout what was presupposed to be a somber, dignified ceremony honoring the courageous women and men who sacrificed all the pieces for a grateful nation.

Broadcast journalist Trish Regan tweeted, “I don’t care what your schedule is. These younger women and men paid the final word value. Heartbreaking.”

Woah. I’m sorry however that is simply all so so so flawed. (Watch 👇) I don’t care what your schedule is. These younger women and men paid the final word value. Heartbreaking. https://t.co/AZX0aKUEZn

— Trish Regan (@trish_regan) August 29, 2021

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee stated Biden’s newest gaffe reminded him of when former President George H.W. Bush checked his wristwatch throughout a presidential debate in 1992.

Bush by no means lived down that devastating misstep. On the time, quite a few pundits stated that was the second the forty first president misplaced the election to his Democratic challenger, Bill Clinton.

Huckabee stated Biden’s blunder was far worse and “will probably be remembered” endlessly.

Many people keep in mind Pres Bush 41 checking his watch throughout a debate and the way terrible it appeared (although all of us felt similar method about that debate.) However that is stunning and will probably be remembered. https://t.co/sFfW032JNm

— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) August 29, 2021

Many others have been disgusted by the president’s actions.

Horrible optics. Biden is despicable and I’m embarrassed by him. https://t.co/rGMdytBAMq

— Mommajo (@Mommajo64221025) August 29, 2021

Probably the most disrespectful act on the planet… https://t.co/Jgzj4usGIQ

— Carrie Benton (@carrie_benton) August 29, 2021

Appears to be like like he was being inconvenienced by having to indicate some respect for these American Heros. https://t.co/omAs3CIqjj

— Samuel Williams (@votesamuelwill1) August 29, 2021

The previous week undoubtedly has been the worst of Biden’s quick presidency, throughout which he has weathered widespread bipartisan criticism.

Along with his fumbling of the troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, the border crisis rages unabated, inflation skyrockets and crime waves continue to infest Democrat-controlled cities throughout the nation.

As Biden’s poll numbers plummet amid a seismic shift in public opinion, quite a few grieving mother and father blame the 78-year-old profession politician for his or her kids’s untimely deaths.

Kathy McCollum is considered one of them. She stated her 20-year-old son, Rylee, would nonetheless be alive if Biden hadn’t been so unprepared. Rylee McCollum was one of many 13 service members killed within the terrorist bombing on the Kabul airport.

“My son was one of many Marines that died yesterday,” she said on SiriusXM’s “The Wilkow Majority” on Friday.

“Twenty years and 6 months outdated, on the point of come from freaking Jordan to be residence along with his spouse to observe the start of his son, and that feckless, dementia-ridden piece of crap simply despatched my son to die,” she stated.

Mom of U.S. Marine Rylee McCollum, who died within the Kabul bombing: “all you Democrats… who voted for [Biden], you simply killed my son… by no means would have occurred underneath Trump.” pic.twitter.com/74eZ24jwaE

— Jason Rantz on KTTH Radio (@jasonrantz) August 28, 2021

And it’s not simply Biden who has blood on his palms, in keeping with McCollum.

“I simply need all you Democrats who cheated within the election, or who voted for him legitimately, you simply killed my son,” she stated. “With a dementia-ridden piece of crap who doesn’t even know he’s within the White Home who nonetheless thinks he’s a senator.”