Fallout Continues Over Gold Star Dad’s Arrest at Biden’s State of the Union Address

Some of the criticism has come from Democrats. Other parents of fallen service members have also spoken out in support of Steven Nikoui.

Flag-draped transfer cases line the inside of a C-17 Globemaster II on Aug. 29, 2021, prior to a dignified transfer at Dover Air Force Base, Del. The fallen servicemembers died while supporting non-combat operations in Kabul, Afghanistan. U.S. Air Force photo by Jason Minto

Fallout continues over the arrest of the father of a soldier killed in Afghanistan during President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address, with now even a Democratic congressman joining the criticism.

Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.), who recently ended his campaign for the Democratic presidential party nomination and endorsed President Biden, posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, that being the son of a fallen veteran himself, he sympathized with Steven Nikoui, father of U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Kareem Nikoui.