Trump campaign staff had altercation with official at Arlington Cemetery : NPR
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August 27, 2024 By Quin Lawrence and Tom Bowman
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Former President Donald Trump, the Republican nominee for president, visited Arlington National Cemetery on Monday to participate in a wreath-laying ceremony to mark the third anniversary of a suicide bombing at the Kabul, Afghanistan, airport that killed 13 U.S. service members. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption
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."
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"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," according to the statement. "Arlington National Cemetery reinforced and widely shared this law and its prohibitions with all participants.
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"And now, the rest of the story"...
Are MAGA going to pretend they never saw this?
Am I considered "MAGA?"
Donald Trump was the 46th President of the United States and he was there on the third anniversary of the death of service members who died in Afghanistan.
He was there to honor them.
Please tell the partisan hacks who tried to cause an incident.
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"Maga" is a catch all childish slur used by the left . Anybody who doesn't fall in lockstep with the left are considered "maga". If you criticize ANYTHING about the democrats and their mindless lemmings are "maga". If you don't blindly support the democrats and their N. Korean style of leadership you are "maga".
All they need to see is that he did something. Comb his hair, blink, breath. They will freak out over it. In this case he did something the Biden administration has yet to do since causing their deaths.
I assume he was there in the cemetery then on the second anniversary last year. Prove it.
He was not there last year. Of course not.
Mamma says, "MAGA is as MAGA does".
Lately all MAGA does is repulse voters...
My advice? Keep on keeping on MAGAS!
All things MAGA do or say helps Kamala.
Thank You!
If you believe Trump does anything not calculated to bamboozle you, then yes. Be honest, if Biden ever did a thumbs up at Arlington which is a No-No you would be trashing him this morning.
Indubitably!
a campaign stunt at arlington by the biggest partisan hack and fake patriot in the US is still against federal law.
If one posts crap like this, odds say one is.
So you are going with the Pee Wee Herman "I know you are but what am I?" nonsense? Really?
"MAGA" is now known as "The M Word"...
Are you proud to be MAGA, or ashamed?
Is there no MAGA Pride? No pride at all?
It isn't like MAGAs are hiding in closets...
They go around waving their MAGA flag!
Whatever it takes to get thru ... anyhoot PeeWee put the micro into maga.
You are going to have to ask them.
Much like those low IQ individuals blindly supporting Biden, then Harris.