Kamala Harris accused her Republican rival Donald Trump on Saturday, August 31, of having “disrespect” In “sacred land” Arlington National Cemetery, where his visit earlier this week resulted in an incident.
The former president visited this national cemetery near Washington on Monday to participate in a ceremony in honor of the 13 soldiers killed during the withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan in August 2021. During this visit, an altercation occurred between his team, who were trying to take photographs of the event and the cemetery, the management of the site announced on Wednesday.
“Donald Trump decided to film a video there, which resulted in an altercation with cemetery staff. Let’s be clear: the former president disrespected sacred ground, all for a political stunt.”writing in the vice president of the United States who will seek to succeed Joe Biden in November.
Some 400,000 veterans and their families, as well as two U.S. presidents, including John Fitzgerald Kennedy, are buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
The Republican candidate’s entourage, who continues to criticize the Democrats on the issue of the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan, shared a press release on Wednesday in which the military’s relatives assure that the presence of photographers was indeed “validated” for your care.
The US military confirmed on Thursday that an Arlington employee had been “suddenly pushed”, during Donald Trump’s visit, as he attempted to enforce a federal law banning all political activity on the cemetery grounds. “It was an unfortunate incident, and it is also unfortunate that the (cemetery) employee and her professionalism have been unfairly questioned.”laments a US military spokesman in a press release.
“Simple and sacred duty”
“If there is one thing we as Americans can agree on, it is that our veterans, military families and soldiers should be honored, never denigrated, and treated with nothing less than our utmost respect and gratitude.”Kamala Harris continues. “I believe that a person incapable of fulfilling this simple and sacred duty should never do so again.” to be president of the United States, the Democratic candidate adds.
“President Trump was there at the invitation of families whose loved ones lost their lives due to his incompetence.” He answered him indirectly JD Vance, Donald Trump’s running mate, still in. “Why don’t they leave social media and start an investigation into these unnecessary deaths?”
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Asked about the video on MSNBC on Friday, Donald Trump pleaded ignorance. “I don’t know who did this. Maybe it’s (the campaign team), maybe it’s (the deceased soldier’s) parents.”declared.
While the journalist confirmed to him that the video spread on TikTok had been published by his campaign team, the Republican billionaire insisted, stating “to be on an empty stomach”. “All I did was stand there and say (to the family), ‘If you want a picture, we can take it.'”he added, accusing the Biden administration of having “designed” to stir up controversy.
