"You Know Damn[ed] Well This Is True"

Credit to @esquire for asking the right question⤵️https://t.co/aEWWKGAQnw pic.twitter.com/I7AUyW0rxk

— Jennifer Schulze (@NewsJennifer) August 26, 2024

Trump campaign officials reportedly shoved and verbally abused an official at Arlington Nat Cemetery who asked them to stop taking photos and videos in a sensitive area where recent burials had occurred. Story. https://t.co/0eahmjFmwR

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) August 27, 2024

First, look at the far left of that picture. The woman on the outside?  Where is that hand on her hip coming from.  The man closest to her has his arms across his chest.

Once you notice that, does everything from the tree behind Trump and to the left, look slightly out of place?  What's up with this fake picture?

Would it ever occur to any normal human to stand over the grave of a fallen Marine at Arlington with a big grin on your face and your thumb up to take a photo so it could benefit you personally?

Who the f*ck would do something like that?

Donald Trump.

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) August 27, 2024

Any comments on Trump violating the law while desecrating Arlington National Cemetery for a campaign stunt? https://t.co/jdw9hJW6Tn

— Alexander S. Vindman 🇺🇸 (@AVindman) August 28, 2024

Friend reminds me that the point of the Arlington stunt that Trumpers had to assault a cemetery employee to pull off was ti push a headline to say “why didn’t Kamala show up?”

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) August 28, 2024

That was the line from MAGAts and bots on twitter until NPR reported this story.

nice to see Trump campaign chief Chris LaCivita is now upping the ante and attacking the Arlington cemetery who was assaulted by two Trump crew hooligans and appearing to demand they be fired. pic.twitter.com/SyNf9JQjuc

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) August 28, 2024

I want to think that "hollowed" is a typo, and not verbatim.

nice to see Trump campaign chief Chris LaCivita is now upping the ante and attacking the Arlington cemetery who was assaulted by two Trump crew hooligans and appearing to demand they be fired. pic.twitter.com/SyNf9JQjuc

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) August 28, 2024

There are two points worth making on this incident. https://t.co/yWW3oQ6CmG

— Dean Baker (@DeanBaker13) August 28, 2024

The rules are pretty straightforward -- no photographs for political events -- and Trump violated them.

— Dean Baker (@DeanBaker13) August 28, 2024

Unfortunately, Donald Trump never learned how to apologize. Just like some kids have problems with arithmetic and can never learn basic adding and subtracting, Donald Trump never learned how to apologize.

— Dean Baker (@DeanBaker13) August 28, 2024

They would all be demanding that Harris be removed from the ticket since she lacks the moral standing to be president.

— Dean Baker (@DeanBaker13) August 28, 2024

And more mainstream outlets like the New York Times would be taking a "neutral" stand on the controversy, giving tons of attention to all the Republicans hyperventilating about the incident.

— Dean Baker (@DeanBaker13) August 28, 2024

This is clearly how it would play out if the shoe were on the other foot, but the people who own and control the major media outlets will pay lower taxes with Donald Trump back in the White House.

— Dean Baker (@DeanBaker13) August 28, 2024

2/2 And, if you were wondering, the inside-page article about Trump's visit to Arlington Cemetery is framed as a "dueling attacks" story and does not mention the photo-op controversy.

The NYT site does now have an online piece about the photo-op. pic.twitter.com/dI0P9VtcOP

— James Fallows (@JamesFallows) August 28, 2024