Critics of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have asserted that they and their administration have largely ignored or forgotten about the American victims of the deadly Abbey Gate bombing attack that marred the disastrous withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan in 2021.

According to the mother of a wounded survivor of that attack, the same can be said for first lady Jill Biden, who initially appeared to offer support but then essentially disappeared when it came time to back her words with action, according to the Daily Caller.

Severely wounded in the Abbey Gate bombing

U.S. Marine Sgt. Tyler Vargas-Andrews was grievously injured in the Abbey Gate suicide bombing attack outside the Kabul airport in Afghanistan on Aug. 26, 2021, and ultimately had his left leg and right arm amputated in addition to numerous other internal injuries that had him near death and hospitalized for nearly a year.

His mother, Tiffany Andrews, a single mother of two other younger children and a business owner in California, dropped everything and traveled to Germany to be by her dying son's side, then relocated herself and the two younger children to Washington D.C. to care for her oldest son while he recovered at the Walter Reed hospital.

In a recent interview, Andrews recalled the limited initial outreach she and her son received from the White House but noted that there'd been no follow-up and a decided lack of financial support while their lives were in economic disarray and turmoil.

Ghosted

According to Andrews and Vargas-Andrews, the president and first lady jointly paid him a brief visit during his first week at Walter Reed, and though the family never heard from or saw President Biden again, first lady Biden did make a follow-up visit to check in on the wounded Marine a couple of weeks later in September 2021.

Andrews recalled that Jill had asked if there was anything she could do to help, and though Andrews was unable to respond with anything at that time, she reached out to the first lady's office and shared in a phone call with the first lady some ideas about possible legislation to provide financial support to the caregivers of wounded service members.

The first lady connected Andrews with Rory Brosius, the executive director of Joining Forces, a program devised by then-Vice President Biden and former first lady Michelle Obama that provides some support for "military and veteran families, caregivers and survivors."

Andrews and Brosius initially engaged in a series of calls and texts and even a dinner meeting to discuss ideas, but then all contact suddenly ceased shortly after that dinner meeting.

"They didn’t care"

In a separate interview with the Daily Caller, Sgt. Vargas-Andrews said, "The Biden administration just blew [my mom off when she reached out]. They just wrote her off. They didn’t care. At the end of the day, they didn’t care. It’s disappointing, honestly, it’s very disappointing."

For her part, Andrews claims that she never received any significant financial support from the government after uprooting her life and family to care for her son who was wounded in service to the country, save for some travel and meal reimbursements and a counselor at Walter Reed for her younger children.

She instead received some support from a couple of private non-profit groups -- the Yellow Ribbon Fund and the Semper Fi America’s Fund -- and, incredibly, from her injured son, who gave her some of the money raised on his behalf in a GoFundMe account that was intended to support his recovery.

White House and first lady's office insist they care and provided support via an executive order

As for the White House and first lady's office, a spokesperson told the Daily Caller, "There was engagement between our office and Sgt. Tyler Vargas-Andrews’ family. Joining Forces is informed by the lived experiences of military families, and brings their stories to policymakers at the White House and across the Administration."

"The experiences of military and veteran caregivers and their families informed President Biden’s executive order on increasing access to high-quality care and supporting caregivers for families," the spokesperson added. "The President’s executive order specifically directed actions to expand options for veterans with disabilities, and better support military and veteran caregiving families."