Reporting from, ahem, “elsewhere”, identifies the man and states he was arrested.

https://nypost.com/2024/03/08/us-news/heckler-who-shouted-at-biden-during-state-of-the-union-identified-as-gold-star-father/

"Abbey Gate!” Steve Nikoui yelled down at the president. “Second Battalion, First Marines!”

Capitol Police escorted Nikoui, 51, out of the chamber around 10:15 p.m. and took him into custody.

He was charged with crowding, obstructing, or incommoding Congress, a misdemeanor that typically results in the offender’s release after paying a $50 fine.

Nikoui’s son, Lance Cpl. Kareem Nikoui, was killed by a suicide bomber outside Kabul’s international airport while trying to process evacuees from the Biden administration’s botched Afghanistan withdrawal in August 2021."

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    I feel bad for the guy. Losing a child is… unthinkable. I don’t believe anyone who has lost a child ever truly recovers. I know the thought of losing my kids just kills me inside. Just thinking about it creates this enormous well of anxiety and just absolute darkness in me.

    But he’s protesting the wrong person. It was Trump who forced the exit from Afghanistan and arranged for the Taliban’s return to power.

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      It was Trump who removed us from Afghanistan, it was an enemy militant who killed his son, and it was his son that signed up for the military, so obviously, that is Bidens fault.

      It’s sad his son died, and I’m sure his grief doesn’t follow the rules of logic, but joining the military isn’t just a paycheck.