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UPDATED 7:20 AM PT — Thursday, March 5, 2020
Despite his performance
on Super Tuesday, Democrat presidential front-runner Joe Biden has
failed to appeal to some veterans. The former vice president was
recently met with backlash over past support of the Iraq War.During a stop Tuesday, Michael Thurman, a former member of the U.S. Air Force, confronted Biden alongside fellow veterans over his support for the invasion of Iraq back in 2002.
“You enabled a war and you also gave a medal to a man that enabled and caused that war,” he stated. “And they’re blood is on your hands no…my friends are dead because of your policies.”
The group grilled the 2020 hopeful, questioning why voters would back someone who would support a war that killed thousands of Iraqi civilians. However, Biden reportedly turned his back on the veteran immediately following the statement, which caused the confrontation to escalate.
This isn’t the first time that the former vice president has faced backlash for his role in the Iraq War. He’s also fielded criticism by other Democrats in the race, most notably, Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-Vt.).
“One of the differences that Joe and I have on our record is that Joe voted for that war,” Sanders pointed out on the debate stage. “I helped lead the opposition to that war, which is a total disaster.”
Biden has continuously attempted to apologize for the his role in the war and reportedly attempted to lessen military presence in the country during his time in the Obama administration.
The laundry list of scandals confronting Biden has only continued to grow, including claims by women who have accused the Democrat of inappropriately touching them as well as his son Hunter’s questionable overseas business dealings.
