MAGA: The Sorrow And The Pity (Mostly the Pitiful)

This photograph was taken by the United States Department of Defense on September 10, 2011. Interesting that you chose to crop the page so that people could not see that. https://t.co/zyntb5SidT https://t.co/vPbyVoBEDd

— George Conway (@gtconway3d) September 1, 2024

A little (Twitter) context:

Patrick, quite literally 'i don't make the rules'. Again there are federal rules which govern this. It doesn't matter what you or I think. It was a partisan campaign event. He brought his own camera crew. None of that is allowed. Arlington/DOD officials told them that.

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) September 1, 2024

Quite literally: no. The families can't do that. And the most important point:  Trump was not POTUS when he stood over the graves and grinned like a loon.

In the Obama picture:

 a) he was C in C at the time. 

b) photos were taken by DOD personnel, the only ones allowed to take photos.

 c) no names on headstones appear in that photo. 

d) Obama is not posed grinning like a loon with a "thumbs up" gesture over an identifiable headstone. 

The other photo was taken by DOD personnel, as part of an inaugural celebration, and is not set among the graves, but obviously in a place meant for people to gather.  Again, authorized and official photos, none involving pushing ANC personnel out of the way. 

Honestly, a child can see the difference.