Harris says Trump 'disrespected sacred ground' by posing at Arlington National Cemetery

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31 August 2024 at 4:25 pm·1-min read

The Democratic candidate for the US presidential election in November, Kamala Harris, lashed out at her rival Donald Trump on Saturday, saying that his visit to Arlington National Cemetery on Monday was a "political stunt" that disrespected military veterans. Members of Trump's team were seen filming in a burial section for those killed in recent wars, where photography is banned, and pushed a cemetery employee who asked them to stop filming.

Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris said Saturday that her Republican rival Donald Trump “disrespected sacred ground” at a US military cemetery after reports that his campaign team pushed a staff member during a politicized visit.

Trump’s cemetery visit—intended to provide a campaign boost ahead of November’s election—has instead mushroomed into a public dispute between the former president and the military.

“Let me be clear: the former president disrespected sacred ground, all for the sake of a political stunt,” Harris said of Monday’s incident at Arlington National Cemetery near Washington, where Trump was accompanying relatives of US service members killed in Afghanistan.

The military condemned the incident as “unfortunate.”

The uproar over the incident is the latest in a long line of controversies over Trump’s relationship with the military.

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