Gold Star Dad Steve Nikoui to Newsmax: Arlington Criticism a ‘Gut Punch’

Criticism of former President Donald Trump being photographed and videotaped while he consoled Gold Star families at Arlington National Cemetery felt like a “gut punch,” according to Gold Star father Steve Nikoui on Newsmax.

When it “first came out, I seriously felt like someone had punched me in the gut,” Nikoui, speaking alongside Gold Star father Darin Hoover, told “Saturday Report.” “I felt so hurt and betrayed. Like, finally we have recognition from a president to honor the sacrifice and service of our children, and then for them to fabricate this lie, to perpetuate, you know, their agenda was very hurtful.

“And not only that, I’m more hurt for Darren, the Hoover family, and for the Gee family because they were there, and they finally get that recognition. They finally get that, you know, recognition from their government, and then literally in that same day to just be punched in their gut and take all that away.

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