Trump Campaign verbally and physically assaults Arlington Memorial staff, illegally uses site for campaigning

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Anonymous wrote:Trump and his flunkies are jackals. His stage photo shot at Arlington is disgusting. No photos are allowed.

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,” the statement said, adding that “a report was filed” over the incident.

Photos are allowed. Just not for political campaigns.

Trump is gross.

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I'm surprised he allowed the disabled veteran in a photo with him. Doesn't he despise those people? Aren't they losers?

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Anonymous wrote:Photography
Photography is permitted within the grounds of Arlington National Cemetery. Photographers who are members of news organizations need to make arrangements for a media escort by contacting the ANC Public Affairs Office at 703-614-0024.

We ask media and cemetery visitors to respect the solemnity of Arlington National Cemetery by refraining from taking pictures of or filming someone who is visibly mourning. Please ask for permission to film or photograph those visiting a gravesite.”

They were not enforcing this in our case. A guy with a long range lens was taking photos of us during a funeral service. The photogs then sell these photos.

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He already used the WH for an official campaign event in 2020, which broke the law.

https://www.axios.com/2020/08/28/photos-rnc-trump-white-house-acceptance-speech

Of course he did this at Arlington.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I can’t even imagine the pain of a family that has lost a child recently and is upset that Trump called their child a sucker and a loser. And then comes across their child’s grave in the background of a Trump add.


Seriously MAGA? He could just have some common decency and not film the graves of the recently deceased whose families he insulted as a campaign as. Just once, he could attend the memorial without making it a campaign ad? His staff couldn’t use their words than than manhandling civil servants at Arlington who are trying to do their jobs in a nonpartisan manner?

Now consider the episode with John Kelly at his son’s grave. Look, the fact is that if you support this low-life, it’s because you are one yourself or you’re just in complete denial regarding how he views you. I’m a NYer, i have family who knew him and know him. The man sees anyone who isn’t from LA or NY as a hick, if not worse. He doesn’t care if you’re UMC in some DC suburb or some rich nobody in the south. He sure as hell thinks you’re a loser if you’re serving in the military and making almost nothing.

And don’t stupidly think I’m a Democrat. That you think anyone has to be, to see this repugnant man for what he is, is why you must be a low-life or dumb.

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Revolting and I would expect nothing less from Trump.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm surprised he allowed the disabled veteran in a photo with him. Doesn't he despise those people? Aren't they losers?

You are desperate.

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Anonymous wrote:Trump has presidential immunity. The Supreme Court said so. So he can do whatver tf he wants.

You may have been asleep for the last four years, but Trump left office in January 2021 (unwillingly, of course). Presidential immunity does NOT extend to ex-Presidents who are accorded the title of President out of respect.

Biden is the current President and can, as you said "do whatver tf he wants."

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Anonymous wrote:Everything is a prop to him.

And, everyone.

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Anonymous wrote:Let me fix the title of the post for you :

“Abbey Gate Gold Star Families Endorse President Trump and Invite Him To Wreath Laying Ceremony.”

“…which he proceeds to use to support his campaign, breaking federal laws”

There you go.

Calling attention to this is not the flex you think it is. It reminds people of that horrible day and draws eyeballs to the actual campaign ad that the families filmed which is absolutely gut wrenching. But, please, keep bumping this post.

Oh we will. Because it allows us also to discuss the fact that Trump's terrible, horrible, no good deal with the Taliban is what led to the casualties.

PLEASE do this. Like every day.

Okay. And we'll accompany it with an image of a disrespectful, unserious Donald grinning and making a thumbs up while standing on the graves of soldiers.

What we cannot do is post a picture of Trump in France at the cemetery commemorating the hundredth anniversary of the end of WWI because Trump didn’t go. He didn’t want his beautiful coiffure wrecked in the rain.

This.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I can’t even imagine the pain of a family that has lost a child recently and is upset that Trump called their child a sucker and a loser. And then comes across their child’s grave in the background of a Trump add.


Seriously MAGA? He could just have some common decency and not film the graves of the recently deceased whose families he insulted as a campaign as. Just once, he could attend the memorial without making it a campaign ad? His staff couldn’t use their words than than manhandling civil servants at Arlington who are trying to do their jobs in a nonpartisan manner?

Now consider the episode with John Kelly at his son’s grave. Look, the fact is that if you support this low-life, it’s because you are one yourself or you’re just in complete denial regarding how he views you. I’m a NYer, i have family who knew him and know him. The man sees anyone who isn’t from LA or NY as a hick, if not worse. He doesn’t care if you’re UMC in some DC suburb or some rich nobody in the south. He sure as hell thinks you’re a loser if you’re serving in the military and making almost nothing.

And don’t stupidly think I’m a Democrat. That you think anyone has to be, to see this repugnant man for what he is, is why you must be a low-life or dumb.

You’re, not wrong. But people knew he was a low life in 2016 and still voted for him. And, unfortunately, Biden-Harris stunk it up so bad the past four years they seem willing to vote for him again. Let that soak in.

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Last month I visited a family member who’s a retired federal agent who sometimes got pulled into Secret Service duties when presidents or candidates visited his state. He told me a story of a time in the 70s when he was guarding a hallway to the President’s hotel suite and turned away a state political muckety-muck who wanted access but wasn’t on the approved list. After a brief disagreement, State Political Guy ultimately responded by punching Agent Family Member. (Who immediately arrested the guy for assaulting an officer. Apparently the incident even made the national news. I couldn’t believe I’d never heard the story till now.)

I found the story so weird, in a “who DOES that?” sense — who responds to someone just doing his job and enforcing important security rules by throwing a punch at him? There was alcohol involved and Political Guy was in a group of men, so there were all those dynamics. But still, I had to shrug it off as “Past decades were strange sometimes.”

Cut to yesterday, when this happened. And this time you can’t even blame alcohol or the 70s! I guess I just don’t understand some people’s choices, in ANY decade.

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Side note to the “throwing a punch” story just above — shortly after the arrest, the President asked to meet with Agent. Agent thought he’d be fired or at least reprimanded, for arresting a power player in the President’s party. Instead, President wanted him to know that he appreciated Agent for doing his job to keep President safe. All these years later, Agent told me “I never agreed with his politics or voted for him, but President is still one of the nicest people I’ve ever met.”

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Some veterans "furious" with what Trump did.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/furious-veterans-slam-trump-teams-184910434.html

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Anonymous wrote:The picture of Trump smiling with his thumb up standing behind gravestones is perfectly on brand. He is so clueless about basic rights and wrongs. I don’t know how any veteran or active service person can support him given his on going insults such as his recent Medal of Honor diss.

The Abbey Gate Families and Survivors invited Trump to lay a wreath in remembrance of the day and the Fallen. The Families invited Trump and wanted him present.

It was fine for him to be present but photos and videos were not allowed. But Trump would never do anything like that if it wasn’t recorded to benefit him in some way. And then Trump’s team assaulted the Department of the Army employee who asked them to stop breaking federal law. 32 CFR § 553.32(c) holds that memorial services and ceremonies at Army National Military Cemeteries will not include partisan political activities.

Trump was the invited guest of Marine Families who have dead children buried in Arlington. When your child is blown up and killed in Afghanistan, and buried in Arlington, you can invite whomever you want lay a wreath at their grave. If you want a picture with them, you can take a picture. You are allowed that as your child is gone forever and died violently in Service to America.

The video of Trump laying the wreath with the disabled female Marine vet was livestreamed.

Sounds on brand. The law doesn't apply to Trump, and MAGA always makes excuses for him anyway. You support a really bad guy. He wasn't there for the family. He was there for himself.

+1. If he had been there for the family and not the campaign, he would have taken any private photos the family requested (legal) and not made sure to shoot a campaign ad (illegal). This is the part of the cemetery where the are active funeral taking place. The disrespect for everyone else who has also recently lost a family member and wants the privacy to which they are legally entitled is disgusting.


Maybe there were people there or fresh graves of the recently deceased who didn’t want to be in a Trump campaign ad. Why can he not respect their wishes. And, you know the law.

Visit, participate in a memorial, take photos for personal use. But, don’t engage in partisan politics on Section 60 of Arlington. Clear, simple law. Rather than obeying the law, Trump had his goons physically assault the people working at Arlington who asked him to obey the law. Disgusting.

,+1. Thousands of families have lived ones buried in national cemeteries. And they know that that space will not be used for political campaigning.

This family is welcome to campaign for and with trump but they should not do it at Arlington national cemetery.