Vice President Kamala Harris tried to use the plight of the 13 Gold Star families who lost their loved ones during the Biden administration’s botched Afghanistan withdrawal to score political points in her 2024 campaign against former President Donald Trump. Her plot backfired tremendously, however, when several of the family members mourning those murdered during the terrorist attack at Abbey Gate issued statements condemning Harris for politicizing the remnants of a disaster she created.
Trump, at the request of the Gold Star families, attended a service at Arlington National Cemetery last week honoring the fallen on the third anniversary of their deaths. According to the families who organized the event, Trump and his team were “respectful” and “listened to our stories” without interjecting.
Yet, that didn’t stop Harris and her allies from vilifying the Republican’s appearance at the wreath-laying.
The Army kicked off the scheme with an attempt to stifle the event by giving the families “a hard time” about inviting Trump. The corporate media then pounced, publishing anonymously sourced accounts accusing Trump’s team of leading a “verbal and physical altercation” with an Arlington National Cemetery official during the memorial service.
Harris followed suit over Labor Day weekend with a winding statement claiming Trump “disrespected sacred ground, all for the sake of a political stunt.”
The Democrat not only revived the Biden White House’s favorite “suckers and losers” hoax to accuse the former president of disparaging the troops, but also suggested she is better suited for the title of commander-in-chief.
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