During the summer of 2020, the refrain “say their names” was echoed over and over again.

This is referring to the Black men killed by police, some of whom were criminals.

During a House pro forma session last week more than 30 House Republicans wanted to read the names of the 13 fallen Marines on the House floor. During pro forma sessions no votes are held and no legislative business is conducted but reading the names to honor our fallen Marines didn’t seem an extreme request. One of the Republicans was Rep. Brian Mast, a 12-year Army Veteran who served in Afghanistan as a bomb disposal expert under the elite Joint Special Operations Command. The last improvised explosive device that he found resulted in catastrophic injuries, which included the loss of both of his legs.

Rep Mast related “We graveled in, had a prayer, said the Pledge of Allegiance, took a moment of silence with pretty much all Republican veterans, then asked to be recognized to read names and bring up Afghanistan legislation.” Nancy Pelosi’s Democrats refused to honor the 13 Marine heroes. This is the same Speaker who went over-the-top to honor the Capitol Police involved in the January 6th Capitol riots, none of whom were killed. The only person killed that day was Air Force Veteran Ashley Babbitt who was shot and killed by Capitol Police Lieutenant Michael Byrd.

Apparently, the Democrats don’t want to admit that Afghanistan was and is a disaster that Biden created and will stoop so low as to not even allow the names of our fallen Marines to be read aloud on the House floor.