Arlington Cemetery Official, Trump Campaign Staffers Got Into “Incident” During Former President’s Visit
deadline.comAn Arlington National Cemetery official and Trump campaign staffers had an “incident” earlier this week, apparently over the use of a photographer in one of the areas where recent fallen soldiers are buried.
A spokesperson for the cemetery said in a statement, “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. We can confirm there was an incident, and a report was filed.” Trump visited the cemetery on Monday to participate in a wreath-laying ceremony and also to visit the gravesite of Staff Sgt.
Darin Taylor Hoover as part of a tribute to those killed in a 2021 attack in Afghanistan as the U.S. was withdrawing forces from the region.
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