Jessica Yellin Instagram – TRUMP CAMPAIGN “ALTERCATION” AT ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
Former President Trump visited Arlington National Cemetery Monday to commemorate the 13 service members killed during the 2021 US withdrawal from Afghanistan. There, his team reportedly engaged in a “verbal and physical altercation” with a cemetery official over an alleged violation of federal law, NPR reports.
It’s against the law to take photos or videos for political campaign usage in Arlington and other national military cemeteries. Reportedly when an Arlington official tried to stop two Trump staffers from recording in an area where recent US military casualties are buried, the aides insulted and pushed the cemetery official.
The Trump campaign denies the allegations and accused the cemetery official of “clearly suffering from a mental health episode.” In a statement, Arlington National Cemetery confirmed “there was an incident, and a report was filed.”
This comes just a few weeks after Trump disrespected troops by saying the civilian Presidential Medal of Freedom is “better” than the military Congressional Medal of Honor because Medal of Honor recipients are “either in very bad shape because they’ve been hit so many times by bullets or they are dead.”
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