Harris says Trump ‘disrespected sacred’ Arlington for ‘political stunt’

• Vice President Kamala Harris skewered former President Donald Trump for filming at the Arlington National Cemetery, accusing him of exploiting his visit for political purposes, which is prohibited.
• Trump has faced heat for an altercation between his campaign staff and an Arlington Cemetery employee during his visit to the graveyard to commemorate the three-year anniversary of the killing of 13 U.S. soldiers during the Afghanistan withdrawal.
• Republican vice presidential nominee, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, fired back at Harris on social media, defending Trump's visit and blaming the Biden-Harris administration for the soldiers' deaths.

Vice President Kamala Harris on Saturday skewered former President Donald Trump for filming at the Arlington National Cemetery, accusing him of exploiting his visit for political purposes, which is prohibited.

"Let me be clear: the former president disrespected sacred ground, all for the sake of a political stunt," Harris wrote in a lengthy X post. "This is a man who is unable to comprehend anything other than service to himself."

A half-hour later, Trump's running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, fired back at Harris in his own social media post: "President trump was there at the invitation of families whose loved ones died because of your incompetence."

"Why don't you get off social media and go launch an investigation into their unnecessary deaths?" Vance added.

The Trump campaign echoed that line of defense in its own social media post, responding to Harris: "You've never ONCE taken responsibility for the 13 heroes killed on your watch — while you bragged about being the last person in the room."

Over the past week, Trump has faced heat for his Monday visit to Arlington Cemetery, during which his