Trump Campaign Officials Verbally Abused, Shoved Arlington Cemetery Official After Attempting To Stop Them, ‘Filming and photographing in a section where recent US casualties are buried’
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Trump Campaign Officials Verbally Abused, Shoved Arlington Cemetery Official After Attempting To Stop Them, ‘Filming and photographing in a section where recent US casualties are buried’
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As per [original article](https://www.npr.org/2024/08/27/nx-s1-5091154/trump-arlington-cemetery) 📰:
– 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.”
“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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Just imagine the reaction if Harris’s entourage verbally and physically assaulted an Arlington Cemetery Official, for a thumbs-up, smiling photo op with gravestones. It’s unimaginable what the blowback would be, Faux News hosts would be having fuckin’ strokes and seizures – but Cadet Bone Spurs gets a pass from his base of slow adults.
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Such dick heads!
The cemetery official was lucky not to have been tear gassed, or shot in the legs or something.
Just another instance of “the laws do not apply to me” by Trump. He should be allowed to utter the phrase “law & order” in public. He has open disdain for both.
“we’re seriously going to release the footage if you guys say that again!”
Why is this dude taking part in this? Who the fuck is he?
Hopefully the cemetery official presses charges
I wonder why all the MAGA “patriots” aren’t condemning this blatant disrespect of fallen soldiers? Probably because most them have never done a single thing in the service of their country, in their entire lives. Those military members who do support Trump should be ashamed for not speaking out against this and bowing down to a draft-dodging coward.
Utterly horrible. Utterly repugnant. Utterly disgusting. Utterly Republican. Utterly MAGA.
Any vets out there still on the fence?
Why?
I hope that lunatic and his band of bullies and morons are banned from that cemetery. Seriously, Arlington’s now anti-Trump group number….what now?
So, in response to being found violating the law, the Trump campaign decided to physically assault the Arlington Cemetery official.
To top it off, in response to people *finding out* that the Trump campaign engaged in said assault, the Trump campaign slandered and defamed said official.
And they’re claiming they have video evidence of them assaulting said official.
Best hope they don’t destroy said footage before the police seize it as evidence.
Anything for a photo op
So have they started their usual smear wheel against the righteous man.
Steven Cheung is such a repugnant asshole.
Unbelievable. I’ve been to Arlington three times and each time if someone farted crosswise the reprimand was quick and serious. And this guy – a civilian. Karen-ing up the joint.
This is what conservatives are.
Plain and simple.
Shoving is assault.
Scum
Can the assholes who assault federal officers in the name of Drumpf get arrested?
Funny story. Great imagination