Gold star parent Kelly Barnett told Newsmax on Thursday that former President Donald Trump and his team were nothing but respectful during a ceremony in Arlington National Cemetary Monday honoring 13 service members who were killed in the terrorist bombing during the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021.
Barnett’s son, Marine Staff Sgt. Taylor Hoover, 31, was the oldest of the 13 U.S. service members who were killed by a suicide bomber at Hamid Karzai International Airport on Aug. 26, 2021. The blast also killed at least 170 Afghan civilians and injured more than 150 others.
She brushed aside multiple media reports that two members of Trump’s campaign staff had a verbal and physical altercation with an official at the cemetery.
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