Did Biden Just Get Snubbed By The Troops At Walter Reed!

White House confirms On Thursday that Joe and  Jill Biden met with wounded service members at Walter Reed National Medical Center, where some of the Americans hurt in last week’s suicide bombing in Afghanistan are being treated.

However, it’s been nearly twenty-four hours since Joe Biden paid an unannounced visit to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, yet there are no reports or photos of Biden’s visit inside the hospital.

The White House statement on the visit last night played coy on who Biden and wife Dr. Jill were there to visit, leaving it open whether or not Biden visited the 15 service members wounded in last week’s Kabul airport terrorist attack who are recuperating at Walter Reed.

The White House statement simply said, “Tonight, the President and First Lady are visiting wounded warriors at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.” 13 service members were killed and 18 wounded in the attack. 170 Afghans were reported killed.

That statement led many news outlets and sites, including TGP, to report Biden visited the fifteen Kabul wounded who arrived at Walter Reed from Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany over the course of the past few days. (Via CNN: “Of the 15 Marines being treated at Walter Reed, “one is in critical condition, three are in serious condition and 11 are in stable condition,” Marine Corps spokesman Maj. Jim Stenger said.”)

However, repeated searches show no reports by family members of visits, no photos, and no mentions of Biden awarding Purple Hearts to the wounded. There are numerous reports and photos of Biden’s immediate predecessors in office (Trump, Obama, and Bush) awarding the Purple Heart at Walter Reed. But none of Biden from last night.

The Daily Mail reported the White House would not say if Biden saw any Kabul wounded, “…photographers were able to capture staff unloading flowers and gift baskets as the president and first lady arrived. The first couple stayed for an hour and 48 minutes. White House officials wouldn’t confirm whether the Bidens visited servicemembers wounded in the ISIS-K attack in Kabul, Afghanistan last Thursday. “

The Trump administration posted a video that night in December 2017 when President Trump awarded a Purple Heart at Walter Reed. (White House photos and videos of the wounded at Walter Reed need their permission (or the family) to be released.)

Given how poorly Biden’s visit with Gold Star families went last weekend at Dover Air Force Base, with many families reporting Biden kept glancing at his watch and spent more time talking about his late son Beau than about those killed in Kabul, it’s possible (but highly unlikely) that Biden opted to not even try to visit the Kabul wounded. It would be more likely the wounded and their families did not want to see him.

Excerpt of a report by Pennsylvania paper the Titusville Herald by a family about President Trump’s visit to Walter Reed in February 2019:

According to Gotchy, the meet and greet were not political in any way. There was no press at the meeting, and the only pictures taken were by a White House photographer who provided images as keepsakes for the family.

“President Trump was very kind and compassionate,” Gotchy said. “There was nothing political about it. He was very kind, concerned, and very respectful and you could tell his sole purpose was to make sure [Luke’s uncle] Clint was okay and his family was supported throughout the process.”

The visit became even more special when the president learned that Clint had not yet received his Purple Heart. Casey reached out to the staff at the office with the request that the president be the one who pinned the medal awarded to soldiers wounded in the line of duty on Clint’s shirt. President Trump saved Clint’s visit for last and held an award ceremony with the family present.

As of publication time, no mentions of Biden visiting the Kabul wounded can be found. This article will be updated if any are reported.

Source: TheGatewayPundit

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