NPR reports Trump campaign staff had altercation with official at Arlington National Cemetery. Apparently, members of Mr. Trump’s team chose to disrespect on of America’s most sacred places:
A source with knowledge of the incident said the cemetery official tried to prevent Trump staffers from filming and photographing in a section where recent U.S. casualties are buried. The source said Arlington officials had made clear that only cemetery staff members are authorized to take photographs or film in the area, known as Section 60.
Mr. Trump’s spokesperson, Stephen Cheung, gave NPR a statement:
“The fact is that a private photographer was permitted on the premises and 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,” Cheung said in the statement.
Not only did Mr. Cheung try to deflect blame for the incident, he did so while blaming someone “clearly suffering a mental health episode”. I get politicians lying and trying to dodge blame. It’s what they do. And Mr. Trump never, ever, ever accepts blame or admits a mistake. I get that. I expect this from Mr. Trump. But, seriously, Mr. Cheung, why did you have to drag people with mental health issues into this story? Seriously, you can lie without stigmatizing people.
But first you should wake up and care about stigmatizing people, Mr. Cheung. I get it, you work for someone who has repeatedly mocked people with disabilities. On one notable occasion, he imitated the motion of a reporter with a physical disability. Mr. Trump’s supporters claim that Mr. Trump often uses such motions. Or, that he was “doing a standard retard“. Because always mocking people with disabilities is a good defense?
OK, Mr. Cheung. You work for a jerk. You have a choice, you know.
For people wondering about whether Mr. Trump’s team had the right to film what was obviously a campaign stop at Arlington, NPR reports:
“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,” according to the statement. “Arlington National Cemetery reinforced and widely shared this law and its prohibitions with all participants.”
The people in the disability communities, and by that I include people who love people with disabilities, vote. We may not have carried the day in 2016, but that doesn’t mean we won’t have an impact in 2024.
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Well, to Trump and his Trumpites, it is the very definition of mental illness to defy the wishes of the god-emperor wannabe.
Just as it’s unacceptable to do anything that he isn’t doing, so when he bravely avoided outdoor rallies after getting his ear trimmed a bit and turned to press conferences, now Harris is supposed to only do press conferences and no rallies.
Well, do what he does, save for insults, where he’s allowed to say and do anything, but no other may need apply.
I’m quite certain that he’s also convinced that he can pardon himself for his New York conviction, were he to win election as god-emperor for life…
Oh, for the record, he earned my contempt after we met in person around Y2k at a tri-state Chamber of Commerce function, where he was guest and speaker of honor. The event went so well, so wonderful was his performance that the following year literally had a 95% attrition rate.
He can not only torpedo his own businesses, he nearly torpedoed three states Chambers of Commerce!