Gold Star father Mark Schmitz told Newsmax on Friday that, unlike President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, former President Donald Trump has shown up to support the families of the 13 U.S. troops killed during the Afghanistan withdrawal — including at Arlington National Cemetery on Monday.

Schmitz’s son, Marine Lance Cpl. Jared Schmitz, was killed Aug. 26, 2021, during the withdrawal of American forces from Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan. Trump participated in a wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington to honor the 13 fallen servicemembers killed during the operation three years ago.

“I want to set the record straight here, to especially the other media that are trying to twist this and turn it into a pretzel,” Schmitz said during an appearance on “National Report.” “The families of the fallen have gravitated to a president that has given them the time of day. We had asked to have a sit-down with the White House. Negative. We had asked to have a sit-down with the president [Trump]. He was going to spend two hours with us at Bedminster, [New Jersey]; ended up being six hours. We asked to be part of the RNC [Republican National Convention] so we could have our kids’ names read out loud, and the RNC, Trump’s team said, ‘Absolutely, come on out.’ “

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