NBC News’ Kristen Welker was slammed over the weekend after she falsely claimed that Vice President Kamala Harris attended the dignified transfer of the 13 U.S. service members who were killed during the Biden-Harris administration’s disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Welker made the remarks during a segment Sunday morning on “Meet The Press” while discussing with Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) former President Donald Trump’s trip to Arlington National Cemetery (ANC) last week to honor the 13 soldiers who were killed during an ISIS suicide bombing in 2021.
Cotton noted that the families of the fallen soldiers “wanted President Trump there.”
“They wanted to take those photos,” he said. “You know who the families also invited? Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. Where were they? Joe Biden was sitting at a beach. Kamala Harris was sitting at her mansion in Washington, D.C. She was four miles away, ten minutes. She could’ve gone to the cemetery and honored the sacrifice of those young men and women. But she hasn’t. She never has spoken to them or taken a meeting with them.”
Welker then interrupted and falsely claimed: “They were with them at the dignified transfer.”
The show then issued a statement falsely claiming Welker only “incorrectly implied” that President Joe Biden and Harris were both at the dignified transfer, even though Welker stated that Harris was there.
“On our broadcast this morning, we incorrectly implied that both President Biden and Vice President Harris attended the dignified transfer of 13 American service members killed during the Afghanistan withdrawal,” the statement said. “Biden was in attendance but Harris was not.”
Welker generated significant backlash with her false claim and faced calls to go on air to apologize for her statement.
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