Trump's Arlington stunt should be a campaign-ending disgrace

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Members of Donald Trump’s campaign engaged in an altercation at Arlington National Cemetery on Monday that, in any normal year, would be a wall-to-wall scandal. It was part of a political stunt staged to help Trump blunt Vice President Kamala Harris’ surging momentum, but not only did this disgraceful farce go wrong in a way that’s still unfolding, but also the very idea of it is sickening.

To create a photo op showing that Trump supports the military, his staff broke the rules of the military cemetery, verbally and physically quarreled with a cemetery official, and filmed in an area where photography is not permitted. They also seem to have violated federal law.

Compounding the incident, Trump’s campaign has refused to apologize. Instead, spokesperson Steven Cheung called the cemetery official “an unnamed individual, clearly suffering from a mental health episode,” and top advisor Chris LaCivita tried to reverse the blame, calling for the official to be fired.

With retired Lt. Gen. H. R. McMaster’s recently published book reminding Americans of how Trump regularly demeaned service members, Trump’s team clearly hoped to engineer an event through which Trump could be seen as pro-military. They also wanted to make a slap at Harris.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/8/28/2266259/-Trump-s-Arlington-stunt-should-be-a-campaign-ending-disgrace

[kimbutgar]

1. When a person like the convicted felon is shameless and hasn't the ability to be ashamed the MSM will go ho hum!

[Think. Again.]

2. It basically is....

....trump isn't going to gain any more voters than the hardcore magats who would vote for him in spite of absolutely anything he does.

Hopefully, all this crap he's doing might be enough for some of them to make excuses to their families about why they 'just won't be able to make it to the polls this year'.

[NCDem47]

3. All well and good in Daily Kos...

But this needs to be in the editorial pages of the nation's 100 top newspapers. WSJ, NYT, WP, Chicago Sun-Times, LA Times, Miami Hearld and so on. And definitely in teh mjor metro papers in swing states.

[FalloutShelter]

4. And if this had been any Democrat...

it would be.
The amount of undeserved latitude the MSM gives this POS and his minions is enraging.
Are more of the public becoming similarly enraged? Hope so.

[Lulu KC]

5. I just discussed this with a friend whose husband is combat veteran

He has told her that in all the sites he follows Trump is going down. I would like to see this on some MSM front pages, wouldn't you?

[bluedeathray]

6. But...

Couldn't agree more! And the law expressly forbids political action in Arlington National Cemetery.

Lawyers have feeding fests on stuff like this. PROVE Trump was making a political statement. And here we are...

[Redleg]

7. In a more innocent time, maybe

Nowadays having 34 felony convictions and a number of federal and state felony indictments just makes one a martyr of the deep state and a Jesus-like figure.