When a reporter disclosed that President Joe Biden had not been in touch with the families of the three American service personnel who were murdered in Syria this week, a Fox News presenter expressed surprise.
A one-way attack drone crashed into a Jordanian facility on Saturday night, killing three military men and wounding twenty-five others. A dramatic escalation in the Middle East was signaled by the White House’sattribution of the attack to extremist organizations in Syria and Iraq that get support from Iran.
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President Biden has not been in touch with the relatives of Sgt. William Rivers, Specialist Kennedy Sanders, or Specialist Breonna Moffett, according to Fox News correspondent Jacqui Heinrich. This news appeared to stun host Harris Faulkner.
“Also, Harris, watching for news that the president has contacted the families of these fallen soldiers or that he plans to attend their dignified transfer at Dover. Neither of those questions [did] the White House have any answers on yesterday,” Heinrich said on Tuesday to Faulker.
“It’s been three days,” Faulkner said.
Heinrich said, “Yeah.”
“That’s a lot,” Faulkner replied. “Well, we’ll thank them. We’ll thank those families and those patriots we’ve lost and all those men and women in harm’s way in the Middle East. We’ll say thank you and tell them that we love them.”
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Since the commencement of the Gaza conflict, this is the first time that American service members have died in the Middle East or at the Jordanian base.
The Daily Caller stated that White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre struggled to make a clear statement on the three service members who lost their life during Monday’s “Morning Joe” segment on MSNBC.
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“What I will say, our deepest, uh, obviously, our deepest condolences go out, and our heartfelt condolences go out to the families, uh, who lost three brave, uh, three brave, three brave — three folks who are military folks who are brave, who are always fighting, who are fighting on behalf of this administration, of the American people,” Jean-Pierre said.
On social media, KJP received backlash for claiming that the three slain military men were “fighting on behalf of this administration,” Many others corrected her, pointing out that they were actually serving the nation and not the White House.
On behalf of Biden, a statement was released by the White House.
“The three American service members we lost were patriots in the highest sense,” said the statement. “And their ultimate sacrifice will never be forgotten by our nation. Together, we will keep the sacred obligation we bear to their families. We will strive to be worthy of their honor and valor. We will carry on their commitment to fight terrorism. And have no doubt — we will hold all those responsible to account at a time and in a manner our choosing.”
