Trump really honored the dead by making it a photo op. “Donald Trump’s campaign was warned about not taking photographs before an altercation at Arlington National Cemetery during a wreath-laying ceremony earlier this week to honor service members killed in the Afghanistan War withdrawal,” the AP reports.
Trump has posted video of this campaign event. He basically says "f@ck the law and the families of the dead veterans, I will do whatever I please". Trump Posts Video Of Arlington National Cemetery Visit After Alleged Altercation Cemetery staff say campaign-related photos and videos are prohibited on its grounds. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/dona...-altercation-video_n_66cfa76be4b0b422df215141 Donald Trump posted a campaign video to TikTok showing him visiting Arlington National Cemetery two days after some of his aides and staff on the grounds had a reported physical altercation about taking photographs and video on the premises. The video shows Trump visiting graves, posing for photos with Gold Star families and participating in the wreath-laying ceremony in what appears to be Section 60 of the cemetery ― a space reserved for recently buried soldiers. The visit was held to mark the third anniversary of an attack on American troops during the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. Trump makes a clear political statement in the video, which plays audio of him boasting that his administration “didn’t lose one person in 18 months” in Afghanistan but that pulling out the troops was a “disaster” that resulted in 13 soldiers’ deaths under Joe Biden’s administration. The video caption reads: “Should have never happened.” Details of Monday’s alleged altercation were first reported by NPR, which cited a source saying that two Trump campaign staffers “verbally abused and pushed the [cemetery] official aside” after the cemetery staff informed the campaign that only cemetery officials are allowed to take photos or video in Section 60. Arlington National Cemetery later confirmed that an “incident” occurred and a report had been filed. “Federal law prohibits political campaign or election-related activities within Army National Military Cemeteries, to include photographers, content creators or any other persons attending for purposes, or in direct support of a partisan political candidate’s campaign,” the cemetery, which is maintained by the U.S. Army, said in a statement. “Arlington National Cemetery reinforced and widely shared this law and its prohibitions with all participants.” Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung told NPR “there was no physical altercation as described, and we are prepared to release footage if such defamatory claims are made.” “The fact is that a private photographer was permitted on the premises and for whatever reason an unnamed individual, clearly suffering from a mental health episode, decided to physically block members of President Trump’s team during a very solemn ceremony,” he continued. Trump has yet to issue his own statement on the controversy. The family of the late Master Sgt. Andrew Marckesano, a Green Beret who died by suicide after serving several combat tours and suffering post-traumatic stress disorder, also spoke out Wednesday about Trump’s cemetery visit, saying they were upset about him filming near his grave. “According to our conversation with Arlington National Cemetery, the Trump campaign staffers did not adhere to the rules that were set in place for this visit to Staff Sergeant Hoover’s gravesite in Section 60, which lays directly next to my brother’s grave,” Marckesano’s sister Michele told The New York Times. “We hope that those visiting this sacred site understand that these were real people who sacrificed for our freedom and that they are honored and respected accordingly,” she added. (Article has the TikTok video)
So how many of the 13 families were with Trump... oh, right only TWO. The remaining eleven think Trump is an idiot.
Since you're such a big "of course you didn't provide a link" fan.... can we get a link to those 11 families that stated what you quoted? Tia. If not... one more "case closed." I think I won 7 today.
You are saying the eleven families that refused to show up for this campaign event at Arlington National Cemetery are Trump supporters. Good luck with that.
So to recap - right before the most critical election in Donald Trump's life he decided to desecrated the graves of fallen US service members. Then when called out for being the world's biggest asshole, he doubles down on the desecration and shoves his offensive behavior at every eyeball he can find by releasing the campaign event video. Meanwhile his running mate - who is already despised seemly by everyone - uses the opportunity to insult the vice president of this country and tell her to "go to hell".
That means zilch. Maybe they couldn't afford the plane-fare. Once again, bs supposition on your part, a masquerading attempt on your part to present opinions as facts. And to your credit, you have it down to a science. Post us a verifiable link that collaborates what you said. If you can't... well, then post us us a "It's just my opinion." That will suffice. EDIT: Especially the word "REFUSED".... we need a link to that one ace. You don't have one... CASE CLOSED.