Sen. Cotton to Newsmax: White House Dismissive of Fallen Soldiers

A careless error in responding to an email that the White House confirmed what many had already suspected — that the Biden administration has an “attitude of dismissiveness towards veterans” and Gold Star families, Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., told Newsmax on Friday.

Cotton and former Republican Michigan Congressman Mike Rogers joined “National Report” to react to White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby’s assertion earlier this week that there’s “no use in responding” to vets’ concerns over the Biden administration’s withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021 that left 13 service members dead, in part, he said, because the vets were “all of one stripe.”

Kirby reportedly accidentally hit “reply all” to an email meant for White House staffers. Instead, there was a reporter on the receiving end of his email. Kirby sent the email on 9/11.

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