It was the latest effort by the Trump campaign to defend itself after the campaign defied a ban on political campaigning at Arlington National Cemetery.
The Trump campaign then released the statement signed by family members of 7 of the 13 U.S. troops killed by a suicide bombing at Abbey Gate at the Kabul airport during the withdrawal from Afghanistan three years ago.
The statement spoke of the heroism of the troops killed at Abbey Gate, and the grief that the family members have felt in the three years since their loved ones were killed. But it also sought to blame Ms. Harris for the politicization of the cemetery, asserting that it was the vice president who had “disgracefully twisted” Mr. Trump’s visit “into a political ploy,” and effusively praised Mr. Trump’s leadership, with the family members of the troops asserting that “if he were still commander in chief, our children would be alive today.”
Trump set the deadline for the withdrawal and his administration was responsible for a lot of the planning, even if it did ultimately end up under the next President.
I’m sure that timing wasn’t at all politically motivated to make Biden look bad./s
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Trump set the deadline for the withdrawal and his administration was responsible for a lot of the planning, even if it did ultimately end up under the next President.
I’m sure that timing wasn’t at all politically motivated to make Biden look bad./s