Donald Trump keeps digging himself into an ever deeper hole in the Cemeterygate scandal:
Trump claimed that he didn’t know “anything about” the use of the images on his campaign social media. “We have a lot of people, we have TikTok people,” he said. “You know, we’re leading the internet.”
Pressed on it again, Trump suggested the parents of the deceased service members he had accompanied may have been responsible for distributing the videos and photos. “I don’t know what the rules and regulations are. I don’t know who did it,” Trump said. “It could have been them — it could have been the parents.”
No, it couldn't have been. It was his own campaign that did it. But now he's trying to blame it on grieving families.
What a contemptible low-life.
When we think he can't get any lower, magically, he does. He is the winner of the race to the bottom and beyond. May he lose this election, big time.
When you don't care about anything there is no level you won't stoop to get what you want. By the time November comes around we'll look back on this with nostalgia because his current behavior will have far eclipsed this episode.
Can anyone provide a fixed number of families that were at the section 60 incident? I've heard several numbers. It's a yes-or-no, and it should not be that hard to pin down. Just would like a read on how many fallen personnel they represent.
Only two families put their names to a statement released after the event: Hoovers and Gees. The former were a dead soldier's mother and father, who run a business called 'SSGT Darin Taylor Hoover Memorial Corp.' For the Gees, it was an odd collection of a sister, an aunt and a mother-in-law. Presumably these were the only MAGA relatives willing to sacrifice their dignity to help The Donald.
It was a pathetic turnout, given 13 soldiers were killed at Abbey Gate. Even without the altercation it would have been a counter-productive stunt, serving only to demonstrate how little support there was for Trump's ranting even from the people bereaved by the incident.
Thanks! Time was, journalists would provide info like this. Those were the days...
I had the over-under on "Trump blames the families" at about 48 hours ago, so I am surprised that it took this long. I thought "Trump blames his employees" would also have shown up well before now.
Maybe Trump has been slow to understand that this story is quite bad for him, and is not going away. The media is mysterious in its fixations. Trump, a stupid man, inept at campaigning and governing, does understand the media, and should have seen this story as a threat. He's aging out.
One conspicuous square in the bingo card remains empty: "Blame the dead service members buried there." Don't think for a moment he won't go there.
True. If he hadn't died then Trump wouldn't have been there for his campaign photo op. He would have been at another dead soldiers grave but that's besides the point.
He was blaming the families early on...they wanted him there...they wanted pictures....
A commenter at LGM replied to a comment of mine: "The immovable object of the media’s apathy to Trump scandals is going up against the irresistible force of their military veneration." I thought that was insightful.
Nice comment. But I'll still put my money on the apathy. Every time.
Gold Star parents get thrown under the Trump bus. What a surprise.
Bulls eye!
Trump and MAGA, a bunch of detestable scum bags without any redeeming qualities. It is unbelievable that any service members and their families will vote for that shit head.
Is he saying he went with some random people he doesn't know to the cemetery to visit their dead son's grave because that's what a nice guy he is, and he had no idea anyone was taking a picture of it?
His innocence violated yet again. Oh, the humanity!
He went there for one reason, as an opportunity to bash Biden/Harris over the thirteen that died during the Biden presidency. I don't notice him visiting the graves of the 65 service members who died during Trump's presidency.
I laughed out loud at this. And to be clear, it's not funny. But the audacity to blame everyone but himself, including the family of the slain, is so ridiculous I laughed from disbelief he actually had the gall to say it. What a fucking asshole.
In light of his comments good journalists should reach out to those two families and ask them if they made and/or uploaded the videos. If they are aware it was illegal to record or take pictures in that section of the cemetery, and what do they say about Trump's accusation that maybe it was them who were responsible.
Let them either fall on their sword for Trump or force them to publicly contradict him.
What a great idea. Too bad there aren't many journalists out there with enough guts to do it.
It’s hilarious. I’m not sure why he’s even making excuses.. No one voting for him really cares. The thumbs up is a sign of deep respect. 🫡
No one forced him to stand behind gravestones smiling and giving the thumbs up while encouraging the families of the deceased to do the same.
He's a freak, a liar, a cheat, a bullshitting dumb as shit asshole. He's so vacuous, self-absorbed, and completely lacking in morals, that he makes the Devil blush.
Weird!!!! I thought they were all losers and he doesn't do losers.
Oh, it continues!
Donald Trump is now claiming that his Arlington National Cemetery photo-op “was a setup by the people in the administration.”
“This was a setup by the people in the [Biden-Harris] administration that, oh, Trump is coming to Arlington, that looks so bad for us,” the Republican presidential candidate said in an interview with NBC News on Thursday night.
But ... but wait! I thought I read here just in the last day or so that it was ALL OK (silly little technical violations of law and regulation notwithstanding) because "the families invited him." So OBVIOUSLY it's all THEIR fault, right?
Sorry, maybe a few Republicans could help me out here ...?
To paraphrase Rick Blaine: "Republicans stick their necks out for nobody. Except their orange overlord."
'“I don’t know what the rules and regulations are. I don’t know who did it,” Trump said. “It could have been them — it could have been the parents.'
It could have been Antifa.
“ During his 90-minute speech in Johnstown, Mr. Trump coined a term for his meandering off-the-cuff remarks — and insisted that they were strategic.
“You know, I do the weave,” he said. “You know what ‘the weave’ is? I’ll talk about like nine different things that they all come back brilliantly together. And it’s like — and friends of mine that are like English professors, they say it’s the most brilliant thing I’ve ever seen.”
When Mr. Twump speaks I always look forward to him weaving.
Signed, Elmer Fudd
He's weaving because his cerebellum doesn't work any more.
Peter Falk: "Serpentine, Shelly. Serpentine!"
Except for the fact that they don't all come back brilliantly. It's more like the meanderings of a drunk man who started talking after last call. He has friends that are English professors? lol. Now that's a doozy of a lie. I have a feeling he was told that by an employee in his campaign and just embellished it.
there's probably a liberty u. or calvin college prof that has met trump & said he's brilliant.
Trump also bragged about his ability to speak for 2 hours without mispronouncing a word.
For anyone had expresswa an interest I. whether or not there would be a proper investigation of this incident, one of my favorites in Congress great staff, too) has started the ball rolling:
https://www.ffxnow.com/2024/08/28/rep-connolly-seeks-public-report-on-trump-campaign-clash-at-arlington-national-ceremony/
https://www.ffxnow.com/2024/08/28/rep-connolly-seeks-public-report-on-trump-campaign-clash-at-arlington-national-ceremony/
Sorry this didn't get corrected; I just hate the orange on white & even after exiting the box to view the input, can't see well enough going back I to fix it all.
If the name of that person becomes public, they will be harassed and made a victim. It’s not worth it.
If Trump becomes president he will harrass all the 340 millions. If this will help stopping it, it worth the trouble.
Even when he's trying to look somber, he looks like a douche. He's as genuine as a three dollar bill.
It was his own campaign, in the form of la Civita, who threatened to do it again just to annoy the Army.
‘I don’t take responsibility at all'
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/13/trump-coronavirus-testing-128971
Next Drumpf defense:
As I've told the rude and nasty FAKE NEWS media, I was just out for my regular stroll around bigly beautiful Arlington in order to honor the brave fallen members of our Armed Force (whom I've never ever called suckers and losers and BTW many say that lying John Kelly should be hung for treason) in a totally private and unpublicized way, when suddenly grieving family members came up to me. I had no idea who any of them were and not a single one had ever been in contact with my campaign.
"Sir," they said to me with tears streaming down their beautiful real white American faces, "Will you do us the honor of grieving with us over the graves of our fallen family members who were murdered by Sleepy Joe and Kamalala, both of whom refuse to be here on this special day. Oh, and please flash a thumbs-up over their graves since our families regard that as the ultimate sign of sober respect. How could I refuse? A few people with cameras followed me. Some say they were connected to my campaign, but I've never seen a single one of them in my life and have no idea why they were there.
(No, he wouldn't be nearly that coherently articulate. But I'm not dumb enough to accurately mimic all his speech patterns. You get the idea.)
Meanwhile…
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/8/31/us-military-says-15-isil-fighters-killed-in-joint-raid-with-iraqi-forces
The United States military has said that 15 ISIL (ISIS) fighters were killed in a joint raid with Iraqi security forces in western Iraq. Seven US soldiers were injured in the combined operation that took place on Thursday, US Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a statement on Saturday.
Good old genocide Joe is such a jackass. Why is he wasting American resources in Iraq? Helping bomb Gaza. And then fucking up Ukraine by withholding weapons. So it’s ok for US troops to do this, but not in Ukraine? Oh never mind. His foreign policy is incoherent. Hoping Harris does better.
Talk about incoherent. Did you just hit your head? Blink twice if you're a moron.
He doesn't know how many twice is.
Genocide Joe loves to kill Muslims. That’s been his MO for more than 20 years. Go figure.
Cemeterygate…with Trump it is a continuing Profli-gate…
“I don’t know what the rules and regulations are.”
Lying SOS. The rules and regulations are what the woman your campaign worg shoved to the ground was telling you.
It is obvious to most of us what a disrespectful despicable kabuki act this was - we already know what a shitheel Trump is - but not to Fox viewers:
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-respectfully-honored-fallen-troops-arlington-national-cemetery-amid-altercation-report-veteran
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-who-skipped-arlington-event-vacation-trashed-trump-june-declining-cemetery-visit
Everyone knows you show the ultimate respect to someone by grinning over their grave and flashing the thumbs up sign. That's why, once this orange creep heads to Satan, I'll show him the same respect. Gonna take a shit ton of photos, too!
Psychopaths lie and never admit they made a mistake and never ever apologize. It’s what he is.
"we have a lot of people, we have tiktok people... you know, we are leading the internet"
did donold just have his algore moment?