EXCLUSIVEAfghanistan Gold Star families slam 'old fool' Biden for falsely claiming in debate no troops died under his watch: 'Our kids deserve better'
The families of American service members who died in Afghanistan tell DailyMail.com they were horrified by President Biden's shocking lie during the first presidential debate - that no troops have died under his watch.
In a staggering moment during Joe Biden's disastrous debate that has launched Democrats into panic mode, Biden forgot the deaths of 13 American soldiers in the suicide bombing in Afghanistan.
The president claimed no troops died during his term, sparking understandable fury from Gold Star families who suffered a horrible loss in August 2021.
They tell DailyMail.com that Biden's debate remarks were 'outraging' and a slap in the face.
Darin Hoover, father of Taylor Hoover, a 31-year-old Marine Corps staff sergeant from Utah, told DailyMail.com he 'yelled' at what he was hearing during the debate by 'stumbling, bumbling old Joe.'
'When Biden said that not one person in the military was killed under his watch, I yelled at what I was hearing.'
During a back and forth between the two men, Biden brought up Trump's frequent claims that his presidency was good for the U.S. military.
'The truth is, I'm the only president this century, that doesn't have any - this decade - that doesn't have any troops dying anywhere in the world, like he did,' Biden falsely claimed.
Biden was completely wrong in his claim that no American troops died during his presidency as 13 were killed during an ISIS-K attack amid the evacuation of Afghanistan.
'I knew that I'd heard what I did, but couldn't believe he had the audacity to say it. Had he forgotten our 13 kids?' Hoover continued.
'Did he not remember standing on the tarmac at the dignified transfer? Did he not remember checking his watch over and over and over again?? We've called him out several times for it!!'
Joe Biden forgot the deaths of 13 American soldiers in a suicide bombing in Afghanistan when he claimed no troops died during his term during his debate with Donald Trump
Christy Shamblin, the mother-in-law of Marine Sgt. Nicole Gee, told DailyMail.com she was 'shocked to watch our commander in chief disrespect all our fallen AGAIN by turning his back to them'
Biden has previously been criticized for appearing to look at his watch just seconds after a salute honoring the return of the 13 service members killed in Kabul.
But during the ceremony, Biden jerked his left arm up and look down at his watch.
'Biden can't put Afghanistan in his rear view mirror fast enough and yet it keeps coming back to haunt him. To say that I was outraged would be a gross understatement!!' Hoover added.
'Our 13 kids and their family and friends, deserve much more than what the old fool has given them, which is absolutely nothing.'
ISIS-K carried out a double bombing at Kabul airport as Westerners and thousands of Afghani civilians fled the Taliban takeover
Christy Shamblin, the mother-in-law of Marine Sgt. Nicole Gee, told DailyMail.com she was 'shocked to watch our commander in chief disrespect all our fallen AGAIN by turning his back to them.'
'His leadership has been reckless and weak and will continue to produce results of dead Americans. The fact the the entire ADMINISTRATION turns their backs with him while being promoted and rewarded for their silence is just as shocking.'
Biden has 'once again denied the service and sacrifice' of the troops killed at Abbey Gate, said Steven Nikoui, father of Lance Cpl. Kareem M. Nikoui.
'Joe Biden has not once said my son’s name nor has he ever reached out to me, and now the rest of the world can finally see what we’ve been dealing with for the last three years.'
Another Gold Star mother, Paula Knauss Selph told DailyMail.com: 'His name was Army SSG Ryan Christian Knauss. Of the many shrapnel wounds Ryan sustained was the one that entered into his shoulder, clipped his lung, and lodged into his heart.'
'May The Lord bring justice for the death of this hero that is already forgotten so soon by President Biden.'
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul, R-Texas, said Friday on the House floor that Biden's claim was evidence of 'cowardice.'
And House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., similarly slammed the president for omitting the names of the service members killed.
The 13 troops included 11 Marines and one navy medic who died alongside 90 Afghans in the bombing on August 26, 2021
Smoke rises over Kabul from the explosion that killed 13 American troops and 90 Afghans
The first bomber at the Abbey Gate of the airport was wearing a vest and was being searched by troops when he detonated. The second was a car bomb attack at the Baron Hotel.
Biden himself addressed the nation after the bombing and vowed to hunt down those responsible.
'These American service members who gave their lives - it’s an overused word, but it’s totally appropriate - they were heroes,' he said at the time.
'Heroes who have been engaged in a dangerous, selfless mission to save the lives of others.
Medical staff bring an injured man to a hospital in an ambulance after two powerful explosions, which killed at least six people, outside the airport in Kabul on August 26, 2021
'They were part of an airlift, an evacuation effort unlike any seen in history... They were part of the bravest, most capable, and the most selfless military on the face of the Earth.
'And they were part of, simply, what I call the 'backbone of America.' They’re the spine of America, the best the country has to offer.'
'To those who carried out this attack, as well as anyone who wishes America harm, know this: We will not forgive. We will not forget.
'We will hunt you down and make you pay. I will defend our interests and our people with every measure at my command.'
