Kamala Harris, Donald Trump, and Arlington cemetery
By
Byron York
September 2, 2024 9:04 am
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KAMALA HARRIS, DONALD TRUMP, AND ARLINGTON CEMETERY. It looks like the fight between the Harris and Trump campaigns over former President Donald Trump‘s appearance at Arlington National Cemetery is intensifying, not diminishing. Vice President Kamala Harris herself posted a statement on X using Trump’s visit to mark the third anniversary of the Abbey Gate attack as an opportunity to revive the “suckers and losers” slur against Trump. Trump, in turn, produced statements of support from several Gold Star families who lost loved ones in the Biden-Harris administration’s chaotic, violent, and thoroughly bungled withdrawal from Afghanistan — the people whose sacrifice Trump had come to Arlington to respect.
There is no doubt the families had a right to observe the anniversary at Arlington and to invite Trump to be there with them. There is also no doubt that the Army, which administers Arlington National Cemetery, tried to stop the event. (Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth is, of course, a Biden appointee.) Army officials reportedly dragged their feet and “stymied” the families’ request to have Trump, according to Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX), who heard of the families’ problems and enlisted House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) to intercede with Arlington officials to get approval for the event.
So, Trump went to Arlington. It seems clear that Harris objected to him being there at all since the purpose of his visit was to observe the anniversary of a Biden-Harris fiasco that cost the lives of 13 American servicemen and women, and since the anniversary came in the middle of a presidential campaign. So, there is nothing Trump could have done at Arlington that would have satisfied Harris or her team.
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