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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAdam Kinzinger weighs in on the Arlington Cemetery incident
Of course. Donald Trump despises the military and has no respect for them.
The fact that he’s convinced some of them of the opposite is just, sad and pathetic.
Fred Wellman
The Army went on the record saying Trump campaign staff disobeyed the rules for Arlington and assaulted a civilian Army employee to take campaign pics in Section 60 where our GWOT fallen are buried! - Trump campaign staff had altercation with official at Arlington Cemetery
https://npr.org/2024/08/27/nx-s1-5091154/trump-arlington-cemetery
Article posted here

dalton99a
(87,743 posts)Dave Bowman
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Frances
(8,582 posts)Who was the speaker at the convention who listed the awful things Trump said about military members?
I loved the way he listed them. And then said
Show some respect
littlemissmartypants
(27,069 posts)is the son of immigrants who was raised by a single mom on a secretary’s pay alongside his three sisters. Growing up, he worked whatever job he could find to help support his family— at a pizza joint, construction sites, and a meatpacking plant — before earning a spot at Harvard. Ruben deployed to Iraq in 2005 where his company saw some of the highest casualties of the war. A Marine combat veteran, Ruben was elected to the Arizona State House in 2010 and the U.S. House in 2014 where he has served as a voice for Arizona’s veterans, hardworking families, and seniors for over a decade. Ruben is married and lives in South Phoenix with his wife Sydney, son Michael and daughter Isla.
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Ruben deployed to Iraq as a United States Marine Infantryman in 2005 where his company saw some of the hardest combat and the heaviest casualties of the Iraq War, losing 22 Marines and a Navy Corpsman in eight months.
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Frances
(8,582 posts)There were so many great speeches but this is definitely one of the best
Coexist
(26,202 posts)lpbk2713
(43,203 posts)What a lowlife. He has no respect for veterans at rest or anyone who represents them.
GB_RN
(3,324 posts)That Cantaloupe Caligula the Corpulent has no respect for. He detests everyone who doesn’t bow, yield, and kneel at his feet. Such an entitled prick.
DET
(1,920 posts)Trump’s campaign spokesman blames cemetery staff: “for whatever reason an unnamed individual, clearly suffering from a mental health episode, decided to physically block members of President Trump's team during a very solemn ceremony”. Outrageous. TSF is a private citizen who with his unauthorized entourage was violating sacred ground. He should have been arrested.
ProfessorGAC
(72,149 posts)He's a piece of work. A person DOING THEIR JOB enforcing the rules had a "mental health episode"?
What a punk that Cheung is.
GB_RN
(3,324 posts)Of a major ass kicking.
Grokenstein
(5,943 posts)I mean, anyone who refuses to give way to diminished donnie's whims MUST be unwell. It's just logic!
greatauntoftriplets
(177,445 posts)Makes me sick.
Cha
(309,221 posts)So far. May it Proceed Exponentially!!
LetMyPeopleVote
(160,892 posts)canetoad
(18,826 posts)Like most of the things he does. Like most of his family. Like his buildings, his decor, his products.
republianmushroom
(19,279 posts)Rules and laws are for others, not republicans.
Blue Owl
(55,782 posts)hawkeye21
(313 posts)This has to stop somewhere. Attempted coup? No problem. Try to steal votes? No problem. Convicted felon? Still free. Lie, cheat, and steal every damn day? Sure. Let it stop here.