You Can't Do A Campaign Rally At Arlington Cemetery!

Who would do a thumbs up at a cemetery?

More controversy for the Republican nominee Donald J. Trump. 

The former president is facing a string of bad luck and it is having an impact on his presidential campaign. We barely hear about Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH). I mean, we do but it's more negative. Vance was dissing teachers who have no children.

Trump was indicted by Jack Smith on his conduct from the 2020 election.

I got that feeling.

Trump and Vance could be the new John McCain and Sarah Palin.

The pullout of Afghanistan was an incident that involved the Islamic State and it was conducted among civilians who were trying to flee the country after the Taliban regain control. Trump finalized a formal agreement to leave and President Joe Biden was obligated to that. 

Republicans and some Democrats hammered Biden for this. Mind you we had been in that country for over 20 years and wasted so much time villainizing Arab, Muslim and Asians throughout the whole ordeal. 

Thank Israel for the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan.

Trump has tried to exploit the tragic deaths of the 13 American soliders who died in that incident. But at the Arlington National Cemetery, the sacred land is not a political tool.

Area 60 is restricted from political filming and photography. Trump and his campaign minions refused to abide by the conduct. Trump is not the president. He is a civilian running for office. The former president does not have absolute power.

Trump campaign team members reportedly dealt with an "incident" during a visit to Arlington National Cemetery Monday.

The former president was visiting the burial site to participate in a wreath-laying ceremony honoring the 13 U.S. service members killed in an attack as forces withdrew from Afghanistan three years ago.

"We can confirm there was an incident, and a report was filed," a cemetery spokesperson told The National Desk.

Citing an unnamed source, NPR reported a cemetery official tried to prevent Trump's team from filming and photographing in Section 60 resulting in Trump staff verbally abusing and pushing the official aside.

Steven Cheung, the Trump campaign's spokesman, explained on X that the team was granted access to have a photographer there.

Cheung also disputed the report of a physical altercation and told NPR the team is prepared to release footage to prove it.

"There was no physical altercation as described and we are prepared to release footage if such defamatory claims are made," he said. "The fact is that a private photographer was permitted on the premises and for whatever reason an unnamed individual, clearly suffering from a mental health episode, decided to physically block members of President Trump's team during a very solemn ceremony."

On Truth Social, Trump posted a statement from the family members of the fallen soldiers expressing their approval of photography.

"We had given our approval for President Trump’s official videographer and photographer to attend the event, ensuring these sacred moments of remembrance were respectfully captured and so we can cherish these memories forever," the families said.

Arlington National Cemetery added that "federal law prohibits political campaign or election-related activities within Army National Military Cemeteries" including photographers and content creators.

"Federal law prohibits political campaign or election-related activities within Army National Military Cemeteries, to include photographers, content creators or any other persons attending for purposes, or in direct support of a partisan political candidate's campaign. Arlington National Cemetery reinforced and widely shared this law and its prohibitions with all participants."