Madeline Brame’s furious indictment of Alvin Bragg and Joe Biden became the emotional flashpoint of Night Two of the Republican National Convention. We have not yet finished Night Three, but the Gold Star families of the 13 lost at Abbey Gate in Joe Biden’s disgraceful bug-out from Kabul will almost certainly achieve that status tonight.
To remind everyone, Joe Biden claimed that he’d not lost any American military personnel in combat. That was no mere error, the families told the Republican delegates. For the last three years, these families have heard nothing but silence from Biden and the White House, one of the grieving mothers declared. While Biden ignored them, Donald Trump has spent time with the families, “carrying the weight,” as the mother-in-law of another of the fallen. And they then conducted a Roll Call of the Honored Dead, forgotten by the administration that put them into harm’s way but remembered by all in the audience.
This doesn’t require much commentary. First watch the prepared video, and then the families’ presentation live on the stage. But first, get your handkerchiefs.
RNC airs gut-wrenching video featuring Gold Star families who lost their loved ones during the disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal.
“[Biden] let my son down. He let the 13 down. He let the 45 wounded down. He let those 174 civilians down. He let our country down.” pic.twitter.com/Vmc3uxiQS9
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One last point: the delegates called the names back out after each one was read. It will give you chills, and I hope that it gave these families some comfort.
