Dems' response to ISIS leader arrest 'disturbing,’ says father of Marine killed at Abbey Gate

The begetter of Marine Lance Cpl. Jared Schmitz, who was killed on with 12 different American work members during the ISIS-K onslaught connected Abbey Gate successful Afghanistan connected Aug. 26, 2021, said the Democrats' reaction, oregon deficiency thereof, to the quality that 1 of the masterminds down the onslaught had been arrested was "disturbing."

President Donald Trump utilized his code to Congress Tuesday nighttime to denote the March 2 apprehension of Mohmmad Sharifullah, who the Justice Department said helped program the ISIS-K termination bombing astatine the Kabul airdrome arsenic Afghans fled the Taliban takeover.

"This should not beryllium a partisan contented whatsoever – the decease of our kids," Mark Schmitz told Fox News Digital. 

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Gold Star begetter Mark Schmitz is seeking to grant his lad Jared's representation done a instauration to location veterans known arsenic "Freedom 13" successful grant of the 13 KIA connected Aug. 26, 2021. (Mark Schmitz)

The onslaught resulted successful the decease of 13 U.S. work members arsenic good arsenic immoderate 170 Afghan civilians. 

But the quality of the apprehension was not met with a resounding support crossed the governmental aisle. As Schmitz pointed out, lone astir a 3rd of Democrats applauded the news, and nary appeared to articulation their Republican colleagues successful a lasting ovation. 

"You would deliberation that each azygous idiosyncratic successful that spot would beryllium lasting up and applauding and cheering," Schmitz said. 

The begetter of the fallen Marine said the show was "incredibly insulting arsenic a Gold Star family."

"This has got thing to bash with politics," Schmitz continued. "This is our subject we're talking about, and that needs to change."

Several household members of those slain successful the chaotic withdrawal of Afghanistan took contented with President Joe Biden’s nonaccomplishment to notation their children killed successful the enactment of work portion speaking from the House Chamber during immoderate of his 3 addresses to Congress pursuing the attack. 

"There was nary connection from the onset," Schmitz said, reflecting connected the arguable infinitesimal erstwhile the Gold Star families met Biden astatine Dover Air Force Base erstwhile the work members' bodies were returned from Afghanistan.

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President Donald Trump addresses a associated league of Congress astatine the U.S. Capitol connected March 4, 2025. Democrats remained seated passim the nighttime arsenic Republicans stood to applaud the president. (Sha Hanting/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images)

Biden was criticized for repeatedly checking his ticker and galore of the families expressed vexation with the deficiency of transparency that led to the chaotic withdrawal, and yet the decease of their loved ones. 

"Any clip you tin commencement to get a small spot of closure is ever a bully thing," Schmitz said successful notation to the astir caller ISIS-K arrest. "And to find retired that they got this feline is amazing. There's galore much that request to beryllium looked astatine – surely he's not the lone one.

"This is 1 down and galore much to go, but very, precise assured that we're going to commencement seeing immoderate answers," helium added. 

Schmitz has chosen to grant his lad and the 12 different Americans killed that time by starting a nonprofit aimed astatine creating "freedom camps" for veterans nether a task known arsenic "The Freedom 13."

The extremity is to make a campy successful each state, starting with Jared’s location authorities of Missouri, wherever veterans tin retreat to for a harmless abstraction to heal from their clip successful the work oregon to simply beryllium astir different veterans. 

A ceremonial honoring the 13 work members killed successful the termination bombing astatine Hamid Karzai International Airport successful Afghanistan is held successful the U.S. Capitol Rotunda connected Sept. 10, 2024. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

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Each campy volition dwell of astatine slightest 100 acres and 13 houses, signifying the 13 work members killed successful the attack.

While Schmitz has said they volition request much enactment to assistance them make much camps for veterans, helium believes that, nether the Trump administration, families astatine slightest present "have allies successful our corner."