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‘Zero Sincerity’: Father of Marine Killed During Afghan Retreat Doesn’t Trust Team Biden

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🗓️ 26 August 2022

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Today, Aug. 26, marks one year since an ISIS-K suicide bomber killed 13 U.S. service members and about 200 Afghans outside the international airport in Kabul. Marine Lance Cpl. Rylee McCollum, one of the 13 service members who died, was only 20 at the time of the fatal attack. His widow, Jiennah Crayton, also known as Gigi, gave birth to the couple’s first child, a daughter, less than a month after the bombing. His son Rylee was “fun,” Jim McCollum says.  “He was genuine, real,” McCollum says. “He had a huge heart, very compassionate, but you had to know him to see that side of him, because he was also very abrasive.”  “We have pictures of him at about 3 years old, 2 or 3, in a diaper, in his sister’s boots, no pants, with his gun and his dog out playing Army, Marine, whatever, protecting the family,” McCollum says of his son. “Just loved it. He was very fascinated with the military his whole life.”  One year after the terrorist attack that killed his son and 12 other service members, McCollum says he doesn’t want to talk with President Joe Biden about the attack or his handling of the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan: I’m highly disappointed. If you could sit down and have a discussion and know that it was sincere and that somebody was going to listen to you, it would be different. But so far the government, they’ve been less than honest with me, and it’s all lip service and just standard routine. They’re just going through the motions.McCollum joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to discuss the life and legacy of his son Rylee, his 1-year-old granddaughter Levi Rylee Rose, and how the Biden administration handled the exit from Afghanistan. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is the Daily Signal podcast for Friday, August 26.

0:10.1

I'm Samantha Rank.

0:11.9

Joining the podcast today is Jim McCullum, the father of US Marine Lance Corporal Riley

0:17.3

McCullum.

0:18.3

Riley was killed one year ago by an ISIS-K suicide bomber in Kabul, Afghanistan.

0:23.7

12 other US service members were also killed in the attack, as well as nearly 200 Afghans.

0:29.9

Countless others were injured.

0:33.0

Jim joins the show today to discuss the life and legacy of his son who was just 20 years

0:37.2

old at the time, the Biden administration's handling of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan,

0:42.6

and his granddaughter and Riley's daughter Levi Riley Rose, who was born just after Riley

0:48.5

was killed.

0:49.5

We'll get to my conversation with Jim McCullum right after this.

0:57.4

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1:01.9

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1:06.8

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1:08.1

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1:13.2

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1:16.3

To learn more about the Heritage Foundation Job Bank, go to heritage.org slash job dash

1:21.8

bank.

1:27.5

One year ago, on August 26th, an ISIS-K suicide bomber killed 13 US service members and nearly

1:34.6

200 Afghans and wounded or injured countless others.

1:38.7

US Marine Lance Corporal Riley McCullum, 20, was one of the 13 service members killed,

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