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servermsh

(1,406 posts)
Thu Aug 29, 2024, 11:22 AM Aug 2024

Senator Kaine is calling on the Army to show the incident report

This is what we need. Every Democratic Senator should be calling for the publishing of this report.

News --> Sen Tim Kaine is calling on Army to provide its incident report on Trump campaign's Arlington fiasco.

“As a member of the Armed Services Committee, I am troubled by the reporting and want to see the incident report," he says.

Senators demanding report is next step here





As far as I can determine, the Senate Armed Services Committee has clear oversight jurisdiction on this Arlington mess. The cemetery is run by the Army via the Office of Army Cemeteries. So the Armed Services Committee will surely be getting a full accounting of what happened.



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Senator Kaine is calling on the Army to show the incident report (Original Post) servermsh Aug 2024 OP
Good... Think. Again. Aug 2024 #1
If the Army had any balls they would enforce the laws @ Arlington... NotHardly Aug 2024 #9
I believe there are balls in the Army and the other armed services Lulu KC Aug 2024 #14
Good point. ShazzieB Aug 2024 #18
But now I see their statement Lulu KC Aug 2024 #25
If the Army had any balls? edisdead Aug 2024 #42
Way to go Sen. Kaine. underpants Aug 2024 #2
Hope they can preserve the identity of the staff person. Amaryllis Aug 2024 #3
Me too. notKeith Aug 2024 #10
Color me unsrprised. 😑 ShazzieB Aug 2024 #22
And that should be the news. mucholderthandirt Aug 2024 #40
This is ESSENTIAL because of how deranged magats are. SheltieLover Aug 2024 #28
And pronto BeyondGeography Aug 2024 #4
Transparency demands that the republicons reckon with facts BoRaGard Aug 2024 #5
Keep the heat on. Even if no charges come through it exposes what Trump is. twodogsbarking Aug 2024 #6
Some will accept this as true. ShazzieB Aug 2024 #27
Hooray SARose Aug 2024 #7
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Aug 2024 #8
I think it was Lewandowski Prairie Gates Aug 2024 #16
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Aug 2024 #21
Yes. He Is Shown In Photographs Of The Incident. n/t DallasNE Aug 2024 #30
The report should be released with names of AMC staff redacted yellowcanine Aug 2024 #11
US Army issued a stark rebuke of Trump campaign staff over the incident CatWoman Aug 2024 #12
Thank you, Senator Lulu KC Aug 2024 #13
Dollars to doughnuts it was Lewandowski himself who shoved the employee Prairie Gates Aug 2024 #15
He certainly has a track record of this kind of thing. ShazzieB Aug 2024 #29
Why didn't ANC have a procedure for the employee to call for backup spooky3 Aug 2024 #17
That's what's bothering me. LeftInTX Aug 2024 #20
just don't release the name of the worker at the cemetery orleans Aug 2024 #19
I'm Sure Trump Already Knows The Name Of The Woman DallasNE Aug 2024 #33
Every Republican Senator should want the report out in public as well BOSSHOG Aug 2024 #23
We the people want to know everything that happened Trueblue1968 Aug 2024 #24
I don't see this story going away. Torchlight Aug 2024 #26
It does seem to be hanging on. ShazzieB Aug 2024 #31
I hope they discuss the phenomenal interview jimfields33 Aug 2024 #35
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Aug 2024 #43
I'm sorry but the Arlington story has been going on for jimfields33 Aug 2024 #45
This needs to be hammered - this is how you run winning campaigns 617Blue Aug 2024 #32
The staff person's name needs to be hidden. bluestarone Aug 2024 #34
Bravo Senator Kaine GoreWon2000 Aug 2024 #36
Excellent.. TY & Sen Tim Kaine! Cha Aug 2024 #37
Impeach Speaker Johnson for setting this illegal act up. Bluethroughu Aug 2024 #38
Excellent news. Thank you, Senator Kaine Hekate Aug 2024 #39
Trump is benefitting from the Army's descent into woke-ism (sarcasm) RicROC Aug 2024 #41
The site needs some major league Exorcists bucolic_frolic Aug 2024 #44

Think. Again.

(18,930 posts)
1. Good...
Thu Aug 29, 2024, 11:25 AM
Aug 2024

Also, who is being derelict in their duty concerning the Federal Laws that were and still are being broken?

NotHardly

(1,330 posts)
9. If the Army had any balls they would enforce the laws @ Arlington...
Thu Aug 29, 2024, 12:40 PM
Aug 2024
and charge Trump, everyone in his group and charge the guy who shoved the official with assault & battery. Maybe we will find out if they support the "wealthy-political get a pass" and are therefore above the law."

I want to know what laws I can now just ignore ... I mean, goose and gander, right?

Lulu KC

(4,954 posts)
14. I believe there are balls in the Army and the other armed services
Thu Aug 29, 2024, 01:29 PM
Aug 2024

but they may be walking softly before they hit with the big stick.

Lulu KC

(4,954 posts)
25. But now I see their statement
Thu Aug 29, 2024, 01:46 PM
Aug 2024

And since the employee who was shoved will not press charges, the Army is calling it closed. Messy. Harris/Walz and allies won't let it die. DT and his staff made another big booboo.

They don't know what regret means, but if they did, they'd be feeling it now. Bastards.

notKeith

(150 posts)
10. Me too.
Thu Aug 29, 2024, 12:41 PM
Aug 2024

Thom Hartmann reported today that the accosted staffer (a female) does not want to press charges, because she's afraid of Trump's MAGA goons.

ShazzieB

(18,910 posts)
22. Color me unsrprised. 😑
Thu Aug 29, 2024, 01:43 PM
Aug 2024

Who could blame her? Everybody knows how dangerous those goons are, and how crossing the Orange Hellbeast can lead to death threats and more. I feel for that woman.

mucholderthandirt

(1,198 posts)
40. And that should be the news.
Fri Aug 30, 2024, 07:00 AM
Aug 2024
does not want to press charges, because she's afraid of Trump's MAGA goons


We should be spreading this far and wide, that yet another woman was assaulted by Trump and his goons, and is too afraid to press lawful charges for assault and battery, intimidation and anything else that fits.

Never let this go, never let one incident of Trump's idiocy be forgotten.

BoRaGard

(3,117 posts)
5. Transparency demands that the republicons reckon with facts
Thu Aug 29, 2024, 11:37 AM
Aug 2024

as much as they hate it.

republicons need to stop disrespecting America's military.

twodogsbarking

(12,260 posts)
6. Keep the heat on. Even if no charges come through it exposes what Trump is.
Thu Aug 29, 2024, 11:52 AM
Aug 2024

Whether people accept that is another thing.

ShazzieB

(18,910 posts)
27. Some will accept this as true.
Thu Aug 29, 2024, 01:49 PM
Aug 2024

It will color some people's opinions of him. Every little bit helps.

Those who see this as "fake news" or accept the account of TSF's staff were already hopeless cases.

Response to servermsh (Original post)

Prairie Gates

(3,536 posts)
16. I think it was Lewandowski
Thu Aug 29, 2024, 01:35 PM
Aug 2024

I really do. The super aggressive response from the campaign suggests that it was somebody more than an ordinary staffer. Both Cheung and LaCivita had something to say, so that suggests it wasn't them. I think it was Lewandowski himself. Spot on.

Response to Prairie Gates (Reply #16)

yellowcanine

(36,351 posts)
11. The report should be released with names of AMC staff redacted
Thu Aug 29, 2024, 12:45 PM
Aug 2024

Otherwise Trump's goons will target them for abuse.

Prairie Gates

(3,536 posts)
15. Dollars to doughnuts it was Lewandowski himself who shoved the employee
Thu Aug 29, 2024, 01:34 PM
Aug 2024

You could see his rage building in his interview with Melber yesterday.

spooky3

(36,387 posts)
17. Why didn't ANC have a procedure for the employee to call for backup
Thu Aug 29, 2024, 01:35 PM
Aug 2024

In the event of a gate crasher of any kind?

LeftInTX

(30,488 posts)
20. That's what's bothering me.
Thu Aug 29, 2024, 01:39 PM
Aug 2024

Much of this could have been avoided.
Maybe they didn't want to cause a scene with the families?
Maybe they felt intimidated?

orleans

(35,203 posts)
19. just don't release the name of the worker at the cemetery
Thu Aug 29, 2024, 01:38 PM
Aug 2024

who doesn't want the magats to retaliate against her

DallasNE

(7,585 posts)
33. I'm Sure Trump Already Knows The Name Of The Woman
Thu Aug 29, 2024, 02:15 PM
Aug 2024

And he is using that knowledge to blackmail her from pressing charges. (It was probably on her uniform).

BOSSHOG

(40,209 posts)
23. Every Republican Senator should want the report out in public as well
Thu Aug 29, 2024, 01:44 PM
Aug 2024

Or step to the Mic and tell us why it should not be. And tell us why they don’t give a fuck about American Service Members buried in sacred ground.

Torchlight

(4,251 posts)
26. I don't see this story going away.
Thu Aug 29, 2024, 01:47 PM
Aug 2024

Seems that not just every new detail, but every new reponse from Mr. trump's campaign takes him one jump further into the briar patch. Cable news has begun giving it airtime. I'm betting I'll see 30-60 spot about it on network national tomorrow evening.

ShazzieB

(18,910 posts)
31. It does seem to be hanging on.
Thu Aug 29, 2024, 02:12 PM
Aug 2024

And every news story about it reminds people that TSF is a bully who has goons working for him. The more reminders the better!

Response to jimfields33 (Reply #35)

jimfields33

(19,275 posts)
45. I'm sorry but the Arlington story has been going on for
Fri Aug 30, 2024, 11:27 AM
Aug 2024

four days. The interview is 14 hours. Priorities is what I want. The gum has been chewed a lot.

bluestarone

(18,378 posts)
34. The staff person's name needs to be hidden.
Thu Aug 29, 2024, 02:18 PM
Aug 2024

The fucking army needs to go after this bastard, whoever it was. Like our call goes here DO SOMETHING!!!

GoreWon2000

(1,067 posts)
36. Bravo Senator Kaine
Thu Aug 29, 2024, 05:45 PM
Aug 2024

The draft dodging orange turd needs to be held accountable on this. This incident was offensive to everyone in the military and their families. My father was a veteran and I'm mad about this for sure.

Bluethroughu

(5,941 posts)
38. Impeach Speaker Johnson for setting this illegal act up.
Thu Aug 29, 2024, 09:26 PM
Aug 2024

Disgustingly disrespectful, politicizing these fallen heroes, for smile and a thumbs up!

This scumbag made fun of John McCain, and said he liked the soldiers that weren't caught.

RicROC

(1,228 posts)
41. Trump is benefitting from the Army's descent into woke-ism (sarcasm)
Fri Aug 30, 2024, 08:36 AM
Aug 2024

The Army's weakness shows when it doesn't charge and/or arrest Trump.

The Justice system shows its weakness by not addressing Trump's probation violations.

bucolic_frolic

(47,519 posts)
44. The site needs some major league Exorcists
Fri Aug 30, 2024, 09:13 AM
Aug 2024

to remove the Orange desecration. This was like America's most sacred, those who died to defend our Constitution, values, and civilization, this was losing some sort of sacred moral virginity. This must never happen again, and it must be restored to the fullest extent possible.

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