NBC’s “Meet the Press” host Kristen Welker faced sharp criticism and NBC was forced to issue a retraction after Welker falsely claimed that Vice President Kamala Harris attended the dignified transfer of 13 U.S. service members who were killed during the 2021 Kabul airport suicide bombing. The incident occurred during the chaotic withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan under the Biden administration.
The controversy arose during a heated exchange on “Meet the Press” between Welker and Senator Tom Cotton, where the topic of President Donald Trump’s appearance at Arlington National Cemetery was also discussed. Trump had been invited by Gold Star families to commemorate the third anniversary of the service members’ deaths.
Related Posts
My Father’s Midnight Call Saved Us—But I Wish I’d Never Looked Out the Window
The first thing I noticed was the way my father said my name. Not “Max.” Not “son.” Just “Fitzpatrick”—the surname deployed like a classification code, stripped of…
The Judge Ordered Me to Remove My Medal — He Didn’t Recognize the Navy Cross
The courthouse echoed in that particular way that government buildings do—every sound amplified and distorted, as if the architecture itself was designed to remind visitors of their…
The School Told Me to “Come Immediately.” When the Principal Opened My Son’s Lunchbox, I Stopped Breathing
The afternoon had settled into the particular kind of dull exhaustion that makes you believe nothing remarkable can happen, because the worst challenge in front of you…
My Neighbor Reported Me For Building A Fence On “her” Property. She Didn’t Realize What The Survey Would Reveal.
My Neighbor Reported Me For Building A Fence On “her” Property. She Didn’t Realize What The Survey Would Reveal. “Take it down, or I’m suing you for…
The Secret My Best Friend Kept For Years
My best friend had a baby when she was 16. She never told anyone who the father was, and I never asked. As the years went by,…
My Dad Asked Me to Leave When I Needed Him Most — Years Later, My Son Knocked on His Door
When I was seventeen, my father and I had a falling out that changed everything. My dad was a strict man who believed in discipline and doing…