Posted on 08/28/2024 8:09:36 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
A photography-related "incident" occurred at Arlington National Cemetery Monday during a visit by former President Donald Trump, leading to a report being filed, the cemetery said in a statement to ABC News.
While the cemetery did not immediately provide specifics, NPR reported that a source had told the publication that two Trump campaign officials engaged in a verbal and physical altercation with a cemetery staff member during Trump's visit, which came on the third anniversary of the deaths of 13 service members during the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.
The alleged altercation took place after the Trump campaign officials were asked not to take photos and videos in Section 60, a section of the cemetery where recent U.S. veterans are buried, NPR reported.
When contacted by ABC News on Tuesday night, a representative for the Arlington National Cemetery released a statement that confirmed an "incident" but didn't provide specifics.
"Federal law prohibits political campaign or election-related activities within Army National Military Cemeteries, to include photographers, content creators or any other persons attending for purposes, or in direct support of a partisan political candidate's campaign. Arlington National Cemetery reinforced and widely shared this law and its prohibitions with all participants. We can confirm there was an incident, and a report was filed," the statement read.
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Fixed it.
If not for this “incident”, President Trump’s visit might not have been mentioned by the Monica Media.
The media operates by the adage: “If you can’t report anything negative about Trump, don’t report anything at all.”
So no photography is allowed for political purposes, but we see many photos of events, including the recently deceased veterans, that appear in the press.
But is private photography allowed? Surely it must be.
How about the official White House photographer?
But they were visiting military members killed three years ago, in Afghanistan.
So, the videos seen on national TV with Trump laying the wreaths at the cemetery...
are all illegal?
“ABC News via MSN”
Well I’m sure its accurate
“Trump campaign officials were asked not to take photos and videos in Section 60, a section of the cemetery where recent U.S. veterans are buried”
What does ‘recent’ mean, and why section 60 only?
Only RATS can take pictures at Arlington.
They’re having conniption fits over on DU about Trump even being thee, by invite of the family no less.
(From my DU Troll account since they made it a private forum)
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1. Why is he allowed to break the law with no repercussions?
2. Let there Be Major BCKFIRRE for the Fucking Treasonous Asshole.
8. Why didn’t the call security or the police?
9. The pictures from this indecency induces a violent gag reflex. The families and trump are gathered around the grave site with thumbs up and all grinning like demented monkeys. They deserve each other.
11. They Are Trying To Whitewash Trump
13. This is disgusting and disgraceful
22. If there is federal law about it, prosecute every slimey traitortrump ******** involved.
It’s the National Cemetery, not a political stage.
38. I AM SO FKING SICK OF THIS MONSTER!
54. So, what is the penalty for this?
65. Violence so he can have a photo-op you say? Sounds familiar. June 1, 2020
Not sure what they’re definition of recent is but I suspect the section just means where the new
interments are.
My dad is buried in the veterans cemetery in my county and every time I go out there, there is a new section filling up, so it just happened to be section 60 at this time.
If there is such a law (I've not read it), then it sounds unconstitutional. The First Amendment covers all types of speech, especially what one may subjectively deem to be political speech.
i am surprised they didn’t quote trump as saying, “i don’t want any pictures with suckers and losers,”
ugh.
Just look at all the disgusting names the DUmmies called Donald Trump and conservatives. I mean, seriously, who talks like this?! I’ll tell you who: lowlifes and pigs! Yes, FReepers can have bad tones sometimes, but we’re not perverted lowlifes like the DUmpster DUmmies and Donald Trump is NOT perfect, but he’s a whole lot better than the alternative!
No photography = no political payoff. So that’s why Biden and Kammie didn’t show!
So the administrative state set Trump up once again.
So, it’s all about section 60 being the most recent.
But, why only the most recent? Why not all sections, since they contain the remains of military members who still have family members who still visit?
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