Harris calls Trump cemetery visit disrespectful, political stunt

The Manila Times

Harris calls Trump cemetery visit disrespectful, political stunt  US Vice President Kamala Harris criticized Republican presidential rival Donald Trump on Saturday, August 31, over a visit he made to soldiers' graves at Arlington National Cemetery that was later used in campaign video footage.  "It is a solemn place; a place where we come together to honor American heroes who have made the ultimate sacrifice in service of this nation. It is not a place for politics," Harris wrote in an X post.  The vice president weighed in five days after Trump took part in a wreath-laying ceremony on Monday, August 26, honoring the 13 servicemembers killed during the US withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021.   REUTERS VIDEO  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe  Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net    Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook  Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram  Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter  DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion    Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital    Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify  Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts  Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic  Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer  Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein   #TheManilaTimes  #worldnews  #trump  #politics  #kamalaharris

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00:00And while I was there, those families that asked me to be there, they said,

00:29three families plus one soldier who was horrifically injured, both legs and an

00:35arm. And they asked me if I would be there, so I went. And while we were there,

00:40they said, could you take pictures over the grave of my son, my sister, my brother?

00:47Would you take pictures with us, sir? I said, absolutely, I did. And then I said

00:54farewell, I said goodbye. And last night I read that I was using the site to

01:01politic, that I used it to politic. This all comes out of Washington, just like

01:06all of these prosecutors come out of Washington. They all come out, they send

01:11their prosecutors into the DA's office, they send them into the Attorney

01:14General's office. These are bad people we're dealing with. So I go there, they

01:19asked me to have a picture, and they say I was campaigning. I don't need, the one

01:23thing I get is plenty of publicity, I don't need that.

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