Democrats call for report into Trump Arlington national cemetery altercation

Democrats call for report into Trump Arlington national cemetery altercation
The ex-president is facing scrutiny after apparently violating rules in veterans cemetery by filming campaign ad

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In a letter to the US army secretary, Christine Wormuth, Democrats with the House oversight committee requested a report by Monday into a reported showdown between a cemetery employee and the former president’s staff, including whether the Republican nominee’s “campaign staff violated federal law or cemetery rules and whether the Trump campaign informed the families of service members buried at the cemetery that their gravestones would be used in Mr Trump’s political campaign ads”, as CBS reported.

The cemetery – the resting place of more than 400,000 military veterans and their eligible dependents dating back to the revolutionary war – is considered a politics-free zone. But on Monday, on the invitation of relatives of the soldiers killed in Kabul, Trump brought campaign photographers to document the visit.

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The army noted that Arlington national cemetery conducts nearly 3,000 such public ceremonies annually “without incident”, and visitors to the 26 August ceremony had been made aware of laws that prohibit political activity.

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Democratic congressman Jamie Raskin said in the letter that “it appears that the Trump campaign – which arrived at the cemetery with a photographer and videographer – completely flouted the laws and rules they were informed of and filmed footage in the restricted area for use in a political TikTok video”.

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/31/democrats-call-for-report-trump-arlington-altercation



*rump doesn't care any more about veterans including those that gave the ultimate sacrifice than he does, the 1st Amendment, racial injustice or Christianity, it's all just props for him, and that's all he cares about.