During Monday’s White House press briefing, NSC Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby couldn’t confirm whether President Joe Biden would attend the ceremony for the three U.S. service members killed in Jordan; “I don’t have anything on his schedule to speak to,” Kirby said.
Jon Sweet, a former military intelligence officer, said the response was “not a good look for the president.”
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Not a good look for the President.
— Jon Sweet (@JESweet2022) January 30, 2024
From The New York Post:
The bodies of Sgt. William Rivers, 46, Spc. Brianna Moffatt, 23, and Spc. Kennedy Ladon Sanders, 24, all from Georgia, are expected to be flown back to Dover Air Force in a dignified transfer, after they were killed by Iranian-backed militants in a Saturday night attack on a small outpost near the Syrian border.
But when asked on Monday whether the president would attend the ceremony, National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said he doesn’t “have anything on [the president’s] schedule to speak to.”
Many online found the response “disgraceful.”
“Joe Biden just got three black members of the military killed,” free speech advocate Philip Anderson posted on X.
“Their black lives mattered so much to Joe Biden that he won’t even bother to show up to receive their bodies, from what I’m hearing.”
More over at The New York Post:
Biden sparks outrage with reports that he may not attend ceremony honoring troops killed in Jordan https://t.co/ReWnCqB5d5 pic.twitter.com/z5UtEQ6ZyN
— New York Post (@nypost) January 30, 2024
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