Members of the Gold Star families of some of the U.S. service members killed during the Biden administration’s botched withdrawal from Afghanistan spoke at a public forum in California on Monday.
One grief-stricken father demanded Democrat President Joe Biden’s resignation.
Darin Hoover, father of fallen Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Darin T. Hoover, 31, of Salt Lake City, Utah, said:
“I’m calling out Secretary Blinken, Secretary Austin, General Milley, General McKenzie, Lt. Col. Whitehead — who could not give the order to the snipers to take out the bomber before he detonated his vest — and ultimately, the president.
“Do what our son did: Be a grown-ass man.
“Admit your mistakes,” Hoover said.
“Learn from them so that this doesn’t happen ever, ever again.
“You all need to resign immediately.
“Our sons and daughters have more integrity in their little toes than every one of them combined.”
Cheryl Rex, the mother of fallen Marine Lance Cpl. Dylan R. Merola, 20, said:
“I was being given false information.
“While this colonel was describing Dylan’s wounds, he was describing the report as intended towards a right-handed person.
“My son’s personal trait was that he was left-handed, so when I questioned, ‘How could my son obtain wounds on the opposite of his body that he was illustrating?’ he could not respond, leading the conversation to the JAG to change the subject.”
Darin Hoover, father of fallen Marine Staff Sgt. Darin Taylor Hoover, Jr., tells Biden over the botched Afghanistan withdrawal:
“Do what our son did — be a grown ass man. Admit to your mistakes … resign immediately.” pic.twitter.com/cgTi7TDlwe
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) August 7, 2023
Below are the names of the U.S. Service members killed by the suicide bomber in Kabul:
Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Darin T. Hoover, 31, of Salt Lake City, Utah.
Marine Corps Sgt. Nicole L. Gee, 23, of Sacramento, California.
Marine Corps Sgt. Johanny Rosario Pichardo, 25, of Lawrence, Massachusetts.
Army Staff Sgt. Ryan C. Knauss, 23, of Corryton, Tennessee.
Marine Corps Cpl. Daegan W. Page, 23, of Omaha, Nebraska.
Marine Corps Cpl. Humberto A. Sanchez, 22, of Logansport, Indiana.
Marine Corps Cpl. Hunter Lopez, 22, of Indio, California.
Navy Hospitalman Maxton W. Soviak, 22, of Berlin Heights, Ohio
Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Kareem M. Nikoui, 20, of Norco, California.
Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Dylan R. Merola, 20, of Rancho Cucamonga, California.
Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jared M. Schmitz, 20, of St. Charles, Missouri.
Marine Corps Lance Cpl. David L. Espinoza, 20, of Rio Bravo, Texas.
Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Rylee J. McCollum, 20, of Jackson, Wyoming.
Alicia Lopez, mother of fallen Marine Cpl. Hunter Lopez, reads the names of the 13 U.S. servicemembers killed in Biden’s botched Afghanistan withdrawal.
NEVER FORGET THESE HEROES:
Staff Sgt. Taylor Hoover
Sgt. Nicole Gee
Sgt. Johanny Pichardo
Staff Sgt. Ryan Knauss
Cpl.… pic.twitter.com/jhFoz8hEr9
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) August 7, 2023
