Biden inaccurately claims no troops died during administration in Trump debate
By
Mike Brest
June 27, 2024 10:20 pm
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President Joe Biden erroneously claimed no U.S. troops have died during his administration in Thursday night’s presidential debate.
“I’m the only president this century that doesn’t have any, this decade, that not any troops dying anywhere in the world, like he did,” Biden claimed, which is false. More than 15 U.S. service members have been killed in combat during his presidency, which does not include those killed during training accidents.
Thirteen U.S. troops were killed on Aug. 26, 2021, in a bombing in Kabul that left approximately 170 people dead in total. The troops had been conducting an emergency evacuation operation to help Americans and at-risk Afghans escape to safety given the Taliban’s takeover. Dozens of other U.S. service members were wounded in the bombing.
Killed in the attack were 11 Marines: Lance Cpl. David Espinoza, 20; Sgt. Nicole Gee, 23; Staff Sgt. Darin Taylor Hoover, 31; Cpl. Hunter Lopez, 22; Lance Cpl. Dylan R. Merola, 20; Lance Cpl. Rylee McCollum, 20; Lance Cpl. Kareem Nikoui, 20; Cpl. Daegan William-Tyeler Page, 23; Sgt. Johanny Rosario Pichardo, 25; Cpl. Humberto Sanchez, 22; and Lance Cpl. Jared Schmitz, 20. Also killed were Army Staff Sgt. Ryan Knauss, 23, and Navy Hospital Corpsman Maxton Soviak, 22.
Biden went to the dignified transfer for these troops, or the transportation of the bodies from overseas back to the United States, but was caught looking at his watch during it, which prompted outrage from the families.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense/3062587/biden-inaccurately-claims-no-troops-died-during-administration/
