Tuesday, August 27, 2024

There. Is. No. Bottom.

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.

Republican Presidential nominee, former president Donald J. Trump remarks during a campaign event at 
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."

Trump has absolute immunity.  Haven't you heard? 

Besides, this is old news: Ask yourself who has the history of lying: Arlington National Cemetery, or Trump & Co.? See? It's not even man bites dog. Old news. Been done to death. Nothing "new" here to report.

1 comment:

  1. Who the fuck smiles like mugging for the camera that at a cemetery? I guess Fred and his mother never taught him how to act respectfully in one.

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