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NPR: Trump campaign staff "verbally abused and pushed" an Arlington National Cemetery official who tried to prevent them from filming and photographing at the burial site https://t.co/bL9nRMx9sV

— Geoff Bennett (@GeoffRBennett) August 27, 2024

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? 

Here is the coup-attempting criminal former president who dodged Vietnam with “bone spurs” and who calls service members suckers and losers …

*GRINNING* and thumbs-upping at the grave of a fallen soldier. pic.twitter.com/vaQgsTRjUc

— S.V. Dáte (@svdate) August 27, 2024

Another photo of Trump having a great time at Arlington National Cemetery yesterday. pic.twitter.com/TDzNCj6KvL

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) August 28, 2024

Besides, this is old news:

Trump also tried to exploit the funeral of Ruby Garcia. Here he claimed he had spoken to her family and shared details. Except the family said he was lying about the whole thing. He is reading from a NY Post obituary, while claiming this is what her family told him. pic.twitter.com/wfIxrlkJqd

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) August 28, 2024

Ask yourself who has the history of lying: Arlington National Cemetery, or Trump & Co.?

And here is Trump exploiting the murder of Laken Riley with another a big grin and a photo with his autograph for her family, where he spelled her name wrong. pic.twitter.com/TeX4dvhEVb

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) August 28, 2024

Remember when Trump was late to lay the wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on Memorial Day 2020 and kept all the military veterans and their families waiting while he was busy tweeting about himself? pic.twitter.com/YFQeysOox5

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) May 27, 2024

Here is Trump 20 minutes after attending the funeral of a police officer, which his campaign also filmed to promote him. https://t.co/5c4D3Tiwr8

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) August 28, 2024

The only memorial service Trump has gone to where he didn’t have campaign people there filming him so he could use it as self-promotion was Ivana’s. That’s because he didn’t want everyone to see he was burying her on his golf course. He doesn’t honor others, he promotes himself.

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) August 27, 2024

Why the hell was he in Arlington National Cemetery with multiple campaign people filming and taking photos and blasting it all over media? He wasn’t there to pay respects. If they couldn’t turn it into a campaign event, he would not have gone. This was ALL about him, not vets.

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) August 27, 2024

Here is Trump complaining at a funeral that when he asked his campaign people beforehand how long it would take they told him he’d be in and out in 15 minutes, but then he had to sit through a 2 hour service before he was able to speak. pic.twitter.com/IZgRioU3Iq

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) August 28, 2024

See? It's not even man bites dog. Old news. Been done to death. Nothing "new" here to report.