When Corporal Hunter Clark rose to the level at a Trump rally in Georgia over the weekend, he wiped away tears as he took credit for throwing a baby over a Kabul airport wall during the evacuation from Afghanistan.
“I’m the guy who threw the baby over the wall and it’s probably one of the most important things I’ve done in my entire life,” he said.
“I just need to thank all of you, it actually means a lot. And I’m pleased to be home today. Thank you. “
However, U. S. Marines have rejected his claims and he is being investigated for appearing at a political event.
“As for the viral photo that began circulating around August 20, 2021, the Marine did not know LCpl Clark with this specific symbol,” Kelton Cochran, spokesman for the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, told CNN.
During the withdrawal from Afghanistan in August, a video showed a Marine guarding the barbed wire wall around Kabul’s airport, grabbing a child and lifting him up to safety.
It’s a rare moment of joy amid the carnage and chaos of the U. S. evacuation after 20 years in Afghanistan.
Introducing Lance Cpl Clark on the occasion of “Save America” in Georgia on Saturday, former President Donald Trump said he was “honored to be united through one of the Marines who bravely served in Kabul the retreat and helped evacuate the youths on the Array airport wall. .
“You saw it. He did a job. “
A spokesperson previously told army business magazine Task and Purpose that Cpl Clark wasn’t the first user to catch the baby in the most prominent video, he’s a member of the same Navy task force.
The Marine Corps is now investigating whether Corporal Clark violated U. S. Department of Defense regulations. USA They prohibit active-duty troops from speaking at any “partisan political rally. “
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