In another attempt to show how "good" he is, drumpf showed up at Arlington National Cemetary on August 26th for several photo ops.
Many Americans agree that Arlington is sacred ground, where US Veterans who died fighting for this country are buried.
drumpf chose to go to a section of the Cemetery where recently lost soldiers are buried. Then he chose to do a photo shoot at a grave with the family of that soldier. With thumbs up. Disgusting.
Here are recaps of the events, from CNN and NPR
NOTE: magats want to "defund" NPR for publishing this story
Two members of Donald Trump's campaign staff had a verbal and physical altercation Monday with an official at Arlington National Cemetery, where the former president participated in a wreath-laying ceremony, NPR has learned.
A source with knowledge of the incident said the cemetery official tried to prevent Trump staffers from filming and photographing in a section where recent U.S. casualties are buried. The source said Arlington officials had made clear that only cemetery staff members would be authorized to take photographs or film in the area, known as Section 60.
When the cemetery official tried to prevent Trump campaign staff from entering Section 60, campaign staff verbally abused and pushed the official aside, according to the source.
Trump participated in an event to mark the third anniversary of a deadly attack on U.S. troops in Afghanistan as U.S. forces withdrew from the country; 13 U.S. service members were killed in the attack. The Trump campaign has blamed President Biden and Vice President Harris, now the Democratic presidential nominee, for the chaotic withdrawal.
In a statement to NPR, Steven Cheung, the Trump campaign's spokesman, strongly rejected the notion of a physical altercation, adding: "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," Cheung said in the statement.
The Trump campaign declined to make that footage immediately available.
In a statement to NPR, Arlington National Cemetery said it "can confirm there was an incident, and a report was filed."
SOURCE: https://www.npr.org/2024/08/27/nx-s1-5091154/trump-arlington-cemetery
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