This came after Harris criticised Trump over Arlington National Cemetery, saying the military burial site is “not a place for politics”.Taking a dig at the former president’s visit to the Arlington National Cemetery, Harris said that he “disrespected sacred ground, all for the sake of a political stunt”.
Harris took to X and said, “If there is one thing on which we as Americans can all agree, it is that our veterans, military families, and service members should be honoured, never disparaged, and treated with nothing less than our highest respect and gratitude.”
Earlier, it was reported that an altercation erupted between a female cemetery official and a Trump staffer earlier this week.
Trump posted a series of tweets where relatives, expressing their anger in the video, said they invited the former president to the cemetery, not Kamala Harris or Joe Biden.
In one of the video, a relative said that they welcome Trump and his team, who listened to their stories and asked Harris to explain how they called her daughter in law’s death a success?
“Vice President Harris my name is Christy Shamblin. My daughter in law, Sergeant Nicole Leanne G. Was killed in the Afghanistan exit at Abbeygate on August 26, 2021. This year, for the third year anniversary of her murder, we welcome President Donald J. Trump to Arlington, to lay a wreath on the tomb of the unknown Soldier with our family and to visit Nicole Graves side. President Trump and his team were respectful. They listened to our stories and didn’t talk much at all. We welcomed them that day and they were comfort to our family,” the relative of one of the veteran soldier said.
“Vice President Harris, I ask you, why won’t you return a call and explain to us how you call my daughter in law’s death a success? Vice President Harris why will you not express your condolences yourself? Why have we never heard from you? And finally, why would you take a day where we celebrated the death of our loved one and use it to disparage not only them, but us? President Trump has called. President Trump shows up when President Trump takes the time to hear our loved ones stories. Why won’t you do the same,” she added.
In another video, Herma Lopez, father of corporal hunter Lopez, a US Marine killed in action on August 26, 2021, slammed the vice president for her tweet and said that he had not seen the support that she was talking about in her post.
He claimed that the Biden-Harris administration’s promises regarding supporting millitary and their families are “false and baseless.”
“Please stop making these types of comments because that support has not been demonstrated. Your words are hollow and empty. My other request is that for the american public to know that these messages, these promises from Kamala Harris, especially in regard to supporting the military and our military families, are false and baseless,” he added.
In another video Steve Nakui, father of Lance Corporal Kareem m. Nakui said that Biden-Harris administration killed his son “deliberately in exchange for a political theatrics” to coincide the final day of the evacuation with September 11.
He said that the administration ignored the vice of the generals, the Doha agreement, and countless other veterans and members of Congress, denying the safety of the Afghans and the servicemen and women, and choose to play politics in 2021 killed 170 Afghans, 13 us service members, and wounded 45 of our sue versus members, as well as countless Afghans.
“You are not at Dover for the dignified transfer. At no time have you reached out to me to offer your condolences, to offer thank you for Karim’s sacrifice and service. Not once have you honored him by saying his name. So I said it for you. You have disparaged all 13 who have lost their lives as well as their families, exhibiting your lack of gratitude by your silence. I agree with you on one thing. That a person like you should never and will never stand behind the seal of presidency. You are a DEI vice president, and contrary to our kids, the worst that America has to offer. I will pray for you that God has mercy on your soul,” he added.