Trump Campaign Turns Fire on Army Leadership 'Hacks' After Arlington Fiasco
By: Sean Craig
too bad arlington doesn't have a reflection pool for trump to walk across for his mentally defective supporters...
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Former President Donald Trump's campaign manager called the staff at the Secretary of the Army's office "hacks" Thursday amid continuing fallout from his disastrous appearance at Arlington National Cemetery earlier this week.
Political campaign activity is banned at the cemetery, including filming and photography, but Trump's team tried to gather promotional footage for the Republican standard bearer at a Monday appearance alongside Gold Star families.
Trump staffers reportedly got into a verbal and physical altercation with a staffer at the cemetery who tried to stop them from illegally filming and taking photographs in Section 60, an area largely reserved for graves of soldiers who served in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Chris LaCivita, Trump's campaign manager, didn't care. He reposted a video of Trump at Arlington on X Thursday, which he initially shared Monday on X, adding the caption, "Reposting this hoping to trigger the hacks at @SecArmy."
The Secretary of the Army, Christine E. Wormuth, is one of two civilians in the Army's four-person senior leadership team. She became the first woman to hold the post when she was appointed by President Biden in 2021.
LaCivita, a former Marine, and the Trump campaign have remained defiant in the face of criticism over the incident. They claimed they could produce footage exonerating their people in the reported altercation, but so far have failed to do so.
The U.S. Army issued a statement Thursday noting participants in the ceremony Trump attended "were made aware of federal laws" regarding political activity at Arlington, adding that a cemetery employee who tried to make sure the law was followed "was abruptly pushed aside" by a Trump aide. The cemetery official involved in the altercation declined to press charges, and The New York Timesreported that officials said she feared retaliation from Trump supporters.
The Army's statement came a day after a video was posted to Trump's TikTok account featuring footage from his visit to Arlington, including from a part of the cemetery where political activity is not allowed — Section 60 is largely reserved for graves of soldiers who served in Afghanistan and Iraq.
The family of a Green Beret who served in Afghanistan and whose grave is near where the Trump campaign filmed told the Times they were concerned his resting place was filmed without permission. The father of an Army captain who was killed in Iraq told The Daily Beast that Trump's campaign had shown "disrespect" during their candidate's appearance at Arlington.
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meh, none of the dead heroes trump's standing over are going to sue...
I'm sure the former 'president' convicted felon and rapist is having his 'campaign' find out who this person is so they can more easily threaten and harass her.
Thug piece of shit.
hopefully the 2 trump campaign workers that got physical with the female ANC employee visit the ER...
I find it more than ironic that the biggest coward in america held a photo-op on the most hallowed US ground for non-cowards...
Another target for maga hate, ridicule and derision. How long will it be before Trump's spokesman calls him despicable and mentally ill? Probably before the end of the day.
I have to wonder about LaCivita's time in service as a Marine. I bet he didn't call his leadership "hacks"
He has sold out his comrades-in-arms to gain political points for his boss.