JD Vance, asked about a Trump campaign incident at Arlington National Cemetery, instead focused on the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan calling Kamala Harris “disgraceful” for not firing anyone for service member’s deaths. “She can go to hell.”
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Trump campaign was warned not to take photos at Arlington before altercation, defense official says
By TARA COPP, ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and HANNAH SCHOENBAUMUpdated 8:17 PM CDT, August 28, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s campaign was warned about not taking photographs before an altercation at Arlington National Cemetery during a wreath-laying ceremony earlier this week to honor service members killed in the Afghanistan War withdrawal, a defense official told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
The official spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive matter concerning Monday’s events. It came a day after NPR reported, citing a source with knowledge of the incident, that two Trump campaign staff members “verbally abused and pushed” aside a cemetery official who tried to stop them from filming and photographing in Section 60, the burial site for military personnel killed while fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq.
The defense official told the AP that the Trump campaign was warned about not taking photographs in Section 60 before their arrival and the altercation. Trump was at Arlington on Monday at the invitation of some of the families of the 13 service members who were killed in the Kabul airport bombing exactly three years prior.
Arlington National Cemetery is the resting place for more than 400,000 service members, veterans and their families. Cemetery officials said in a statement that “an incident” had occurred and a report had been filed, but it did not address details of what had happened. They declined to share the report. ...
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