Harris joins backlash against Trump over Arlington National Cemetery ‘political stunt’ – and Vance instantly jumps to his defense

Kamala Harris has nowjoined the growing backlash against Donald Trump over his controversial visit to Arlington National Cemetery where his staffers allegedly pushed a cemetery official, he posed with a thumbs up at a soldier’s grave and his team filmed a campaign ad.

In a scathing statement posted on X on Saturday, the Democratic presidential candidate slammed her Republican rival’s “political stunt” calling him “a man who is unable to comprehend anything other than service to himself.”

“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,” she wrote.

“And yet, as was reported this week, Donald Trump’s team chose to film a video there, resulting in an altercation with cemetery staff. Let me be clear: the former president disrespected sacred ground, all for the sake of a political stunt.”

Harris pointed to Trump’s past record of offending America’s service members and veterans saying that this week’s events are “nothing new from Donald Trump”.

“This is a man who has called our fallen service members ‘suckers’ and ‘losers’ and disparaged Medal of Honor recipients. A man who, during a previous visit to the cemetery, reportedly said of fallen service members, ‘I don’t get it. What was in it for them?’ This is a man who is unable to comprehend anything other than service to himself,” she wrote.

“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 honored, never disparaged, and treated with nothing less than our highest respect and gratitude.”

Harris said that “someone who cannot meet this simple, sacred duty should never