Biden scraps promised meeting with Syria heckler

Vice President Joe Biden did not meet with the man who interrupted his speech at a recent campaign rally for Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, despite giving his “permission” to do so in front of crowd in Parma, Ohio.

While speaking Thursday, Biden momentarily put his speech on hold as he addressed a heckler who repeatedly yelled that his friend died in recent combat in Syria. “My friend died,” yelled the man, who criticized the Obama administration for demanding the retreat of Syrian Kurdish fighters back east of the Euphrates River after helping U.S.-backed Syria Democratic Forces achieve victory against the Islamic State in Manbij in August.