Families of US Marines killed in Afghanistan rebuke Kamala Harris

Afghan people sit as they wait to leave the Kabul airport in Kabul on August 16, 2021, after a stunningly swift end to Afghanistan's 20-year war, as thousands of people mobbed the city's airport trying to flee the group's feared hardline brand of Islamist rule. | WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP via Getty Images

Gold Star families, whose loved ones were killed during the Kabul airport terrorist attack amid the 2021 Afghanistan withdrawal, have strongly criticized Vice President Kamala Harris for her recent social media statements denouncing former President Donald Trump’s conduct during a visit to Arlington National Cemetery. The families are particularly aggrieved by Harris' neglectful attitude toward their losses.

The controversy erupted after Harris accused Trump of disrespecting Arlington’s “sacred ground” for a “political stunt.” This was in reference to Trump’s visit to the cemetery with the families.

“As Vice President, I have had the privilege of visiting Arlington National Cemetery several times,” Harris wrote on X. “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. And yet, as was reported this week, Donald Trump’s team chose to film a video there, resulting in an altercation with cemetery staff.”

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