Vice President Mike Pence introduced the mother and father of Kayla Mueller, the human rights activist who was killed in 2015 by members of the Isl
Vice President Mike Pence introduced the mother and father of Kayla Mueller, the human rights activist who was killed in 2015 by members of the Islamic State in Syria, to the controversy corridor and attacked Joseph R. Biden Jr. in the course of the debate for not doing extra as vp to rescue her.
“The truth is that when Joe Biden was vp, we had a possibility to save lots of Kayla Mueller,” Mr. Pence stated. “It breaks my coronary heart to replicate on it, however the navy got here into the Oval Workplace and introduced a plan. They stated they knew the place Kayla was.”
President Barack Obama had approved a dangerous raid to assist rescue Ms. Mueller, however she and different hostages had already been moved.
The Muellers have praised President Trump for authorizing the mission to kill the ISIS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, which was named after Kayla. “And her household says, with a coronary heart that broke the center of each American, that if President Donald Trump had been president, they imagine Kayla can be alive in the present day,” he added.
Senator Kamala Harris provided her condolences to Ms. Mueller’s household, then attacked Mr. Trump for his reported feedback denigrating members of the navy.
There “is a couple of sample of Donald Trump’s, the place he has referred to our males who’re serving in our navy as suckers and losers,” Ms. Harris stated.
“Donald Trump, who went to Arlington Cemetery and stood above the graves of our fallen heroes, and stated, what’s in it for them?” she added. “Due to course, you already know, he solely thinks about what’s in it for him. Let’s take what he stated about John McCain, an amazing American hero. And Donald Trump says he doesn’t should be known as a hero, as a result of he was a prisoner of struggle.”