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0751, 02 Sep 24

White House Calls Gold Star Families Liars

Wow. I can’t say it better than the families themselves.

Gold Star families did not invite President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris to Arlington National Cemetery by last week to commemorate the third anniversary of the attack at Abbey Gate in Afghanistan, a White House official and a Harris aide told NBC News, rebutting separate claims made Sunday by GOP Sen. Tom Cotton and former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard.

 

The two were speaking about former President Donald Trump’s visit last week to Arlington National Cemetery, where he has drawn criticism for posing for photos with Gold Star families in a section of the cemetery where photos are traditionally prohibited.

 

Last week, White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said Trump’s visit was a “personal invitation by families.”

 

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In one video, Darin Hoover addresses Harris directly, saying Trump treated the family with the “utmost respect” and asking where she and Biden were on “Aug. 26, 2024.” He said they were “nowhere near Arlington Cemetery. You couldn’t be bothered to be with us or say our kids’ names.”

 

In a statement accompanying the Trump campaign videos Sunday, members of the Gold Star families said they were “appalled” by Harris’ attempts to “politicize” Trump’s visit to the cemetery.

 

“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,” the statement said. “He was there to honor their sacrifice, yet Vice President Harris has disgracefully twisted this sacred moment into a political ploy.”

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0751, 02 September 2024

2 Comments

  1. Merlin

    Oddly enough, the Harris circus is playing their least worst hand here. They knew Harris couldn’t attend such an event without being eaten alive by the families. Couldn’t send stolen valor Walz, either, for obvious reasons. Biden wouldn’t attend because, well, his vacation calendar has been full since he’s been retired in favor of Ms. HidesFromVoters.

    So they lie.

  2. Tuerqas

    I don’t know if that is the least worst hand, it is the same as all the others. Virtually everything KH advertises in her commercials are intentional lies with intent to do the exact opposite. I don’t even know if this lie is any easier to spot for our liberal brethren than all the rest. I guess if you mean ‘best excuse to lie’ I would agree.

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