A progressive veterans group went after “disgusting” Donald Trump this previous week following the GOP nominee’s controversial cease at Arlington Nationwide Cemetery that included marketing campaign staffers’ altercation with cemetery officers.
“Now, possibly the best insult of all, turning a army cemetery go to right into a political stunt with cameras in tow,” stated a narrator in a scathing ad from political motion committee VoteVets.
The advert arrives after an Arlington official throughout Trump’s go to to the cemetery (on the invitation of some members of the family of army service members killed within the 2021 Kabul airport assault), was allegedly “pushed” apart by marketing campaign staffers after informing them to not movie a part of the cemetery the place not too long ago fallen U.S. troops had been buried.
Federal regulation prohibits “political marketing campaign or election-related actions” inside Military Nationwide Army Cemeteries, in accordance with an announcement from the cemetery.
Trump has since shared a marketing campaign video that includes footage from his go to whereas a marketing campaign spokesperson has denied {that a} staffer pushed an official, claiming they had been “clearly affected by a psychological well being episode.”
Vice President Kamala Harris, on Saturday, declared that Trump “disrespected sacred floor” for a “political stunt” through the go to.
Trump used his Reality Social platform over the weekend to share clips of members of the family of fallen service members together with one which described Trump and his staff as “respectful” whereas one other accused Harris of “playing politics.”
On Thursday, VoteVets ripped Trump over the Arlington go to after citing a number of cases the place he insulted the army. The advert referred to Trump reportedly calling People that had been killed in World Warfare I “suckers” and “losers” in addition to when he referred to avoiding sexually transmitted ailments as his “personal Vietnam.”
“Disgusting. Donald Trump, the grave markers veterans and army households drop a knee to are usually not your political props. They symbolize the heroes we’ve served alongside, women and men you might by no means measure as much as, mates who lived and died by the oath all of us swore to uphold,” the narrator declared.
The speaker continued: “[It’s] one thing you’ll by no means understanding and why we’re doing our damndest to ensure no service member ever has to salute you as commander-in-chief ever once more.”
