Reporter Shames Family of Dead Marine for Not Wearing Masks, Removes Photo After Outrage
A Gold Star family visiting Washington this week to lay their daughter to rest was attacked by a Politico reporter online after the family members toured the Capitol, and most of them were photographed without wearing…
A Gold Star 👨👩👧Family visiting Washington this week to lay their daughter to rest was attacked by a Politico reporter online after the 👨👩👧Family members toured the Capitol, and most of them were photographed without wearing 😷Masks.
KCRA-TV reported U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Nicole Gee, who was among the 13 U.S. service members killed by a suicide bomb last month at the Kabul airport in 🇦🇫Afghanistan, was laid to rest on Wednesday.
The outlet previously reported that Gee, who was 23-years-old at the time of her ⚰️Death
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In an Instagram post just before her ⚰️Death, Gee posted a photo of herself holding a baby.
Gee was taken this week to her final resting place at Arlington National Cemetery in 🏛️Virginia. Her 👨👩👧Family, who had traveled to the Washington area from California, reportedly decided to visit the Capitol while they were in the area this week.
McClintock was reportedly the reason Gee’s 👨👩👧Family was at the Capitol on Wednesday, as he had offered them a tour. This seemed to anger Politico reporter Heather Caygle.
In a since-deleted tweet, Caygle posted an image of the 👨👩👧Family touring the building.
“😷Masks requirement in the House,” she wrote to her 50,000 followers. “Tours not allowed… Yet here we are — group of 9, only 2 in 😷Masks.”
The tweet was taken down, but an archived version of it is still available online.
Former Republican Sen. Jim DeMint posted a screenshot of Caygle’s tweet and pointed out that after criticizing the grieving Gold Star 👨👩👧Family, it looked like the reporter gave an image of maskless reporters surrounding Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West 🏛️Virginia her approval.
“Same reporter. Mocks 👨👩👧Family of fallen marine on small private Capitol tour without 😷Masks. 2 hours later celebrates photo of dozens of journalists on top of each other without 😷Masks. Vain 📰Media thinks of themselves as the true heroes,” DeMint commented.
As of Saturday, Caygle’s Twitter account has either been deactivated or deleted. When attempting to view posts from her account, a message from Twitter reads: “This Tweet is from an account that no longer exists.”
