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Decorated Army veteran Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) criticized President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on Sunday for declining invitations from Gold Star families to join them and former President Donald Trump at Arlington National Cemetery last week. It wasn't only disrespectful, but also kind of politically stupid.
Cotton, who served combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, defended Trump's visit to the military burial grounds to help commemorate the third anniversary of the deaths of service members killed by a suicide bomber at the Kabul International Airport during the problematic U.S. withdrawal from the country.
Harris, 59, has criticized her 78-year-old GOP presidential opponent's appearance at the cemetery as a "political stunt."
Cotton retorted Sunday, “He didn’t take campaign photos there.
“These families — Gold Star families — whose children died because of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’s incompetence, invited him to the cemetery, and they asked him to take those photos” during the wreath-laying event, Cotton said of Trump on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”
Gold Star families invited Harris and Biden to join them at Arlington National Cemetery for a ceremony last week, according to Sen. Tom Cotton.
Cotton said he spoke to the parents of fallen Marine Staff Sgt. Taylor Hoover and that they indicated “they wanted President Trump there, they wanted to take those photos.
“You know who those families also invited? Joe Biden and Kamala Harris,” Cotton said.
“Where were they? Joe Biden was sitting at a beach. Kamala Harris was sitting at her mansion in Washington, DC,” he said, referring to Biden's vacation in Rehoboth Beach, DE, where he’s been since last Sunday, and Harris’ residence on the grounds of the US Naval Observatory.
“She was 4 miles away — 10 minutes,” Cotton said of Harris. “She could’ve gone to the cemetery and honored the sacrifice of those young men and women, but she hasn’t.
“She was 4 miles away — 10 minutes,” Cotton said of Harris. “She could’ve gone to the cemetery and honored the sacrifice of those young men and women, but she hasn’t.
“She never has spoken to them or taken a meeting with them,” he added.
The senator blamed Biden and Harris for the deaths of the 13 service members outside the Kabul airport, which occurred during the chaotic US withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021. The administration elected to allow the freaking Taliban to act as security rather than our military because the administration is inundated with fools.
Cotton’s blistering response follows video messages released by relatives of seven of the 13 victims of the suicide blast criticizing Harris’ attack on Trump.
“We, the families of the brave service members who were tragically killed in the Abbey Gate bombing, are appalled by Vice President Kamala Harris’ recent attempts to politicize President Trump’s visit to Arlington National Cemetery,” they said in a joint statement released by the Trump campaign.
“President Trump was invited by us, the Gold Star families, to attend the solemn ceremonies commemorating the three-year anniversary of our children’s deaths,” they added. “He was there to honor their sacrifice, yet Vice President Harris has disgracefully twisted this sacred moment into a political ploy.”
We need to end this administration in November, because if Harris wins, that's what we'll get.
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“We, the families of the brave service members who were tragically killed in the Abbey Gate bombing, are appalled by Vice President Kamala Harris’ recent attempts to politicize President Trump’s visit to Arlington National Cemetery,” they said in a joint statement released by the Trump campaign.
“President Trump was invited by us, the Gold Star families, to attend the solemn ceremonies commemorating the three-year anniversary of our children’s deaths,” they added. “He was there to honor their sacrifice, yet Vice President Harris has disgracefully twisted this sacred moment into a political ploy.”
We need to end this administration in November, because if Harris wins, that's what we'll get.
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