The wife of an FDNY chief killed on Sept. 9, 2021, ripped President Joe Biden for his “flippant” remark during the annual Ground Zero memorial ceremony in Manhattan on Wednesday.
Joanne Barbara, Gerard Barbara's wife, criticized Biden for a comment he made a day earlier. The 81-year-old president told reporters he was “doing 9/11” when he arrived in New York City.
“The elected officials here today show their respect and reference to the families on Sept 11, or in our president’s words do 9/11. Quite a flippant remark,” Barbara said. “But please remember the September 11 families live it every day, not just on the anniversary.”
A widow of a firefighter that lost his life in 9/11 has one message for Joe Biden:
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) September 11, 2024
"The elected officials here today show their respect and reverence to the families on September 11th—or, in our president's words, 'Do 9/11.' Quite a flippant remark." pic.twitter.com/tmRGpIQvru
She also slammed the Biden Administration’s “outrageous” now-revoked plea deal with the alleged 9/11 mastermind and two other terrorists.
“If not for the 9/11 families, who knows what would have transpired?” She said, referring to the backlash following the would-be agreement that caused Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin to walk back the deal with known terrorists.
Under the plea agreement, the three would have pleaded guilty to all charges, including the murder of 2,976 people on 9/11, in exchange for dropping the death penalty and avoiding trial.
“It has been 23 years, and the families deserve justice and accountability,” Barbara continued.
When Barbara made her speech, Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris were in the audience. Former President Donald Trump and Vice Presidential candidate J.D. Vance (R-OH) were also there.
Just like Biden, Harris has no decency using the deaths of 9/11 terrorist attack comparing to J6, for her own political purposes. The victims’ family should be outraged.
— Cassie Nguyen (@cass_nguyen_) September 11, 2024
Excellent job of calling them out to their faces....notice and never forget that Schumer, Hochul, and Bloomberg didn't applaud.
— JerseyGio (@JerseyGio) September 11, 2024
And what’s pathetic: They didn’t even DO 9/11. They left early. I guess Biden needed ice cream and back to the beach
— Rock/Hard Place (@txtarheeldad) September 11, 2024
DJT embraced the people, Joe left early for ice cream
— Alpha-Bravo (@aburk203) September 11, 2024
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