Trump defends conduct at Arlington cemetery: 'I wasn’t doing it for publicity'
Former President Trump on Friday defended his actions at Arlington National Cemetery while campaigning in Pennsylvania, saying his appearance at the cemetery marking the anniversary of the 2021 Kabul airport attack that killed 13 U.S. soldiers was not just a publicity stunt. Speaking at a ceremony in Johnston, Pennsylvania, Trump said the families of those […]
Biden, who skipped Arlington event for vacation, trashed Trump in June for declining cemetery visit
President Biden remained on vacation with no comments or events planned for the third anniversary of the Kabul airport attack, just weeks after slamming former President Donald Trump for canceling a visit to a World War I memorial. During his presidency, Trump canceled a planned visit to the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery in 2018, citing bad […]
Sununu: Arlington National Cemetery spat won't hurt Trump
(News Nation) — Reported Argument A dispute between Donald Trump's campaign staff and Arlington National Cemetery officials is unlikely to affect the November vote, New Hampshire Republican Gov. Chris Sununu said. “Trump is very unique in that respect because he connects with people in that he instinctively wants to fight. People want someone to fight,” […]
Barbra Streisand Accuses Trump of Violating Arlington Cemetery Rules
ClaimHollywood star Barbra Streisand has slammed former President Donald Trump for holding a “photo-op” event at Arlington National Cemetery this week, claiming that he violated rules banning such activities there. In her X post on Wednesday, she also spread the “idiot and loser” hoax, which has long been debunked, to further smear Trump. verdictFalse. The […]
Dems Are ‘Craven’ for Trying to Turn Trump’s Arlington Trip into ‘Political, Garbage Attack’
CNN political commentator Scott Jennings said on “The Situation Room” Wednesday that the attacks on former President Donald Trump's visit to Arlington National Cemetery were “political” and “nonsense.” “If what NPR is reporting is true that Trump campaign staffers shoved and verbally abused cemetery staff, how concerned are you about that?” guest host Alex Marquardt […]
Hollywood Star Jeffrey Wright Falsely Claims Trump Started a Fight at Arlington National Cemetery
Claim: MGM's James Bond star Jeffrey Wright has claimed that former President Donald Trump started a fight at Arlington National Cemetery this week as the current Republican presidential candidate was attending a memorial for 13 U.S. service members killed during the Biden-Harris administration's disastrous 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan. verdict: False. Former President Donald Trump did […]
Arlington incident shows media falling into same-old Trump derangement syndrome
One would think that after a decade of covering Donald Trump's political career, the media would have learned some lessons. That's wrong. Coverage of the Arlington “controversy” shows the media's repetition of the same hyperbolic language, anonymous sources, and liberal critics, even though they have been proven wrong time and time again. take Washington Post […]
Arlington National Cemetery employee who was ‘abruptly pushed aside’ at Trump visit won’t press charges: Army
The U.S. Army said a staff member was “unexpectedly shoved” during a ceremony attended by former President Trump and his campaign at Arlington National Cemetery on Monday, but that no members of the campaign will be charged. The incident occurred during a ceremony to commemorate 13 U.S. soldiers killed in an attack on Kabul airport […]
X flags NPR story on Trump, Arlington as unsafe
Social media platform “X” flagged an NPR article outlining the aftermath of a clash earlier this week between Trump campaign staff and Arlington National Cemetery officials as potentially “dangerous.” of storyThe story, first reported by the outlet citing anonymous sources, focused on a reported confrontation between campaign and cemetery officials after a photographer from former […]
Crockett on Arlington incident: MAGA is not 'party of law and order'
Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) recently spoke out about the reported incident involving a Trump campaign staffer visiting Arlington National Cemetery, calling the shoving “disappointing.” “It's really unfortunate that someone who is trying to become the most powerful person in the world has literally no understanding of basic norms.” Crockett said, MSNBC's “All in with Chris […]